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melittle.jpg Laelaps is the blog of Brian Switek, a freelance science writer based in New Jersey. This blog frequently features his musings on paleontology, evolution, and the history of science. Switek also blogs for Smithsonian magazine's Dinosaur Tracking.

Switek's first book, Written in Stone, will be published on November 1, 2010 by Bellevue Literary Press.

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Category: History of SciencePaleontology
Posted on: June 24, 2008 10:56 AM, by Brian Switek

The American Museum of Natural History Research Library has recently put up a website ("Picturing the Museum") containing hundreds of black & white photos of museum exhibits, dioramas, and behind the scenes prep. It is a treasure trove of photographic information; I just wish I could have seen some of these exhibits first hand! The behind the scenes photos are some of the most interesting, though, like this photo of the cleaning of an elephant skin;

Elephant

American Museum of Natural History Library http://images.library.amnh.org Image # 280023

Here are a few links to some other favorites, although I would encourage you to browse through them yourself!

Chubb

S.H. Chubb photographing a horse using a unique photographic apparatus. American Museum of Natural History Library http://images.library.amnh.org Image # 46333

[Hat-tip to Michael for letting me know about this]

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