FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, Chicago. Graham, Burnham and Co., Architects. The New Field Museum of Natural history under construction in Grant Park, will be 706 feet long, constructed entirely of white marble at a cost of $5,000,000 and is a benefaction of Marshall Field.”

One of the finest museum buildings on Earth, situated on the Lakefront, unsurpassed for the variety and staging of this world famous collectibles from all parts of the globe.”

A most unique view of the FIELD MUSEUM and NOT an aerial. This view has never been published before and surely is a wonderful view of this worthy institution.”

This view shows Stanley Field Hall as seen from entrance to the museum. The New Field museum is located in Grant Park at foot of Roosevelt Road. The building is strictly fire-proof and said to be the largest marble building in the world. Estimated cost $4,000,000.”

“A-3 POWHATAN INDIANS The Indian at the left is prying up boulders, the one in the center is breaking the large masses as a first step in shaping, and the one on the right is shaping rude blades by flaking. These were carried from the quarry to be worked up into various implements.”

“A-76 MINIATURE GROUP OF MENANGKABAU VILLAGECentral Sumatra, Malay Archipelago – Hall GThe Menangkabau are a Malayan tribe inhabiting the Padang Highlands of Sumatra. The painted background shows Mount Merapi with terraced rice fields. In the foreground a house is under construction, men being engaged in thatching the roof and putting up carved rice granaries. In the center a completed dwelling is shown. On the left side are elaborately carved rice granaries. A load of thatch has just been delivered for the new house.”

A common, more or less woody, sometimes climbing plant of the sumac family, many members of which produce an irritating poisonous substance of an oily or resinous nature. The poison ivy is easily recognized by its characteristic trifoliate leaves and by its fruit in the form of clusters of small white berries. It is widely distributed in the United States. Described more fully in Field Museum Botany Leaflet No.12.”

Caribou live in Canada, Alaska, and Greenland. Both sexes bear antlers. This scene is in Rainy Pass, Alaska.”

Tiger sharks on the prowl for Stingrays are shown with attendant shark suckers in a channel amidst colorful coral reefs and their large variety of associated animal life.”

Bones of Neanderthal-type people have been found in Europe and western Asia. These cave-dwellers, who lived about 75,000 years ago, were short and heavy and had brains as large as ours.”

In the clear shallow waters of the Late Ordovician inland sea there lived an abundance of marine invertebrate animals. Even 400 million years ago the seas were supporting their full quota of living things, although so far as we know nothing inhabited the lands.”

These sacred wooden masks were carved and worn by members of the False Face Society, the most illustrious of several Iroquois Indian secret societies that treated disease by spiritual means. The Iroquois Indians, who lived in the eastern woodlands, believed that illness was caused by evil spirits, which the False Faith Society drove out by means of special songs, dances, elaborate rituals, and charms.”

Reproduction of diphtheritic germs, magnified ohh very highly. The germs are spun in glass, in all their dimensions, and attached to the plate class representing the field of view as seen in looking through the lenses of a microscope.”

This card represents one of a series illustrated by the plant itself all those vegetables and their products mentioned in the various books of the Bible.”

Originally all weights and measures depended upon seeds. This card is one of a series illustrating, by the seeds themselves, the origin of different weights.”

Showing all characters by which the table mushroom is distinguished from all other species. This is one of a series serving to illustrate, by exact reproductions, the various common, edible and poisonous fungi.”

A complete deck of oriental cards from which our common playing cards originated. They are made by hand of vegetable fiber combined with plaster and ornamented with various color lac from the lac tree of India.”

Type of case on rack as it appears in class rooms of Public Schools of Chicago. The N. W. Harris Public School Extension of field Museum of Natural history, Chicago.”

Type of case loaned and deliver to public schools of Chicago, under the auspices of the N. W. Harris Public School Extension of Field Museum of Natural history.”

These little horses, which lived in the western United States about thirty million years ago, differed in many ways from modern horses. They were smaller, being less than two feet high and had three toes instead of one on each foot, as in the modern horse. The name Mesohippus means “middle horse” and is applied to indicate that they were midway in descent from a five-toed ancestor to the one-toed modern horse. Group by Frederick Blaschke. Background by C.A. Corwin.”

The Museum (founded by Marshall field in 1893 ) is located at Roosevelt Road. and Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois. The exterior is of Georgia white marble; the style is based on Greek architecture of the Ionic Order. The building is 700 feet long, 440 feet wide, and 104 feet high. It has 18 acres of floor space, of which 11 acres are exhibition area.”

Field Museum of Natural History (founded by Marshall field in 1893 ) is located at Roosevelt Rd. and Field Drive, Chicago, Illinois. The exterior is of Georgia white marble and is treated in a monumental manner based on Greek architecture of the Ionic Order. The building is 700 feet long, 440 feet wide, and 104 feet high and has more than eleven acres of exhibition area. Photograph by Henry Fuermann and Sons, Chicago.”

The great central hall of the museum is 299 feet long, 68 feet wide, and 75 feet high. It was named by the Board of Trustees in honor of Stanley Field, President of the Museum since 1909.”

The central hall OF Field Museum of Natural history is 299 feet long, 68 feet wide, and 75 feet high. It was named by the Board of Trustees in honor of Stanley Field, President of the Museum since 1909. The hall contains exhibits selected from the Departments of Anthropology, Botany, Geology, Zoology, and the N. W. Harris extension.”

Chauncey Keep Memorial Hall contains bronze and stone sculptures of representatives of living races of mankind modeled from life by Malvina Hoffman, sculptor. The hall is named for Chauncey Keep, a trustee of Field Museum, whose bequest originated the fund that made possible the creation of the sculptures.”

Sharks and rays were among the earliest of fish like creatures and are still found in great diversity of form and habit. Those shown here are common species of the Gulf of Mexico, frequently caught in fisherman's nets. Group by L. L  Pray and A. C. Weed.”

The skin of the Hippopotamus cannot be preserved successfully and satisfactorily by ordinary methods. In this specimen, the animal has been reproduced in cellulose-acetate, a material resembling celluloid. The process is one developed by L. L. Walters of Field Museum’s staff and produces exceedingly lifelike results.”

This peculiar animal, which differs in many ways from the true antelopes of the Old World, was once abundant on open plains from southern Canada to central Mexico. It still persists in remote parts, mainly as a result of stringent protective laws. Group by J. Friesser and C. A . Corwin. Scene in northern Mexico.”

The common White-tailed or Virginia deer of eastern North America undergoes much change from season to season. During the winter the horns are in perfect condition, although the mating and fighting season has passed. The grayish brown coat is thick, long, and warm. Taxidermy by C. E. Akeley. Background by C. A. Corwin.”

The White Pelican breeds in northern and western United States and Canada and migrates to Costa Rica, passing through the Mississippi Valley and westward. It was formally more abundant. The curious horny growth on that bill is worn only during the breeding season, being renewed each year.”

The Loon or Great Northern Diver of lakes and streams of northern North America is highly aquatic and practically helpless on land. Its nest is placed within a few inches of the water. Taxidermy and background by J. Friesser and C. A. Corwin. Group presented by A. A. Sprague.”

White Whooping Cranes were once common in the United states, but are now very rare, perhaps on the verge of extinction. Sandhill Cranes, which are gray in color, are still numerous, especially in the north and west. Presented by Stanley Field. Group by J. Friesser and C. A. Corwin.”

Flamingos occur principally on the Atlantic Coast from Brazil northward to the Florida Keys. They breed in great colonies numbering thousands. The nest is a subconical structure built of mud. Group presented by Stanley Field. Taxidermy by L. L. Pray. Background by C. A. Corwin.”

The cheetah is a native of India, southwestern Asia, and Africa. Although a member of the cat family, it has dog like feet with non-retractile claws. It secures its prey by dashing upon it at great speed for short distances. Taxidermy by Carl E. Akeley.”

This variety of Mountain Sheep inhabits northern British Columbia and neighboring parts of Canada. Although dark-colored, it is more nearly related to the Alaskan White Sheep than to the Bighorn of the United States and Canada. Taxidermy by J. Friesser. Background by C. A. Corwin.”

Hyenas are repulsive looking animals, mainly carrion feeders, and are too cowardly to attack any but animals weaker than themselves. In the group shown here they are engaged in the gruesome task of opening the grave of a native. Specimens collected and prepared by Carl E. Akeley.”

The warthog derives its name from the warty protuberances on his face, developed especially in the male. It inhabits open plains are slightly brushy regions from central to southern Africa, living in burrows which it always enters backwards. Collected and prepared by Carl E. Akeley.”

The Proboscis Monkey is so named on account of its elongated nose which gives it a very grotesque appearance. It is found exclusively in the island of Borneo, where it frequents the taller trees of dense forest. Taxidermy Carl E. Ackley.”

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The Gorilla of central Africa is the largest of the so-called manlike apes. Although capable of standing nearly erect, it habitually progresses in a stooping position with knuckles touching the ground, and its gait is decidedly “rolling.” Taxidermy by Julius Friesser.”

The Musk-ox is one of the few large mammals of the Arctic regions. It combines some of the characters of the sheep and the oxen. Musk-oxen go in herds from a half dozen to nearly a hundred and defend themselves by mass formations against their enemy, the wolf. Taxidermy by Carl E Akeley. Background and reinstallation by C. A. Corwin and J. Friesser.”

The brown bears or giant bears of the Alaskan coast are the largest carnivorous animals living today. There are several varieties, that of the Alaska Peninsula and that of Kodiak Island being the largest. When full grown, they stand over 4 feet high at the shoulder and may reach a weight of over fifteen hundred pounds. Group by J. Friesser and A. G. Ruckert. Background by C. A. Corwin.”

The so-called white rhinoceros is not really white but smoky gray. It is the largest of living rhinos and next to the elephants the largest of living land mammals. The species is now nearing extinction, being reduced to a few small colonies in central and southern Africa. Collected by Conover-Everard African Expedition. Reproduction in cellulose-acetate by Leon L Walters.”

This habitat group is one of the largest and finest in existence. It shows 23 animals gathered at a drinking hole or “water hole.” The species included in this view are the Reticulated Giraffe, Black Rhinoceros, Grant’s zebra, and Grant’s Gazelle. Specimens collected by Harold A. White - John Coates Abyssinian expedition, 1929. Taxidermy by C. J. Outback. Background by C. A. Corwin.”

Lions are still common in Africa and a few lions live in Kathiawar Province in northwestern India. The female lion is fiercer than the male and does most of the hunting.”

The American Bison, popularly called “Buffalo” is no longer found as a wild animal in the United States, where it once roamed in vast herds. Many bison are preserved in parks and reservations where they breed freely. The specimen shown is a very large bull presented by Wallis Huidekoper. Taxidermy by Julius Friesser.

This is a grazing deer of plains, swamps, and light, open woods. It is confined to India where it is well known and much hunted for sport. Group collected by James Simpson- Roosevelt Asiatic Expedition. Taxidermy by Julius Fraser and A. G. Rueckart. Background by C. A. Corwin.”

Tigers prey chiefly upon deer and wild pigs, but may kill animals as large as the buffalo. There are several varieties, probably of a single species, all Asiatic in distribution. The Bengal Tiger shown here is the variety found in India. Specimens collected by James Simpson-Roosevelt Asiatic Expedition. Taxidermy by C. J. Albrecht. Background by C. A. Corwin.”

Two spaces of alligators are known, one in America and one in China. The American species is found as far north as southern Florida and is distinguished from the crocodile by his broad, rounded snout. It rarely exceeds thirteen feet in length. Reproduction in cellulose-acetate by Leon L. Walters from a specimen provided by Harry Thurston."

The African Ostrich is the largest of living birds. Related to it are the Emu of Australia, the Rhea of South America and the cassowaries of the East Indies. The much smaller tinamous of tropical America and the kiwis of New Zealand are most distantly related.”

There are 5 principal species of gibbons.  Although living mostly in trees, they sometimes come to the ground and then assume a semi erect posture similar to that of the gorillas and chimpanzees to which they are related.