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The replica outside the Field Museum of Natural History in 2013. In 1999, an all-weather cast of Riggs' Brachiosaurus was installed on the museum's northwest terrace. The replica was visible from Lake Shore Drive and became "iconic for donning the jersey of various Chicago teams during sports seasons", according to Chicago Park District. [5]
Hendrickson was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Lee and Mary Hendrickson; her family soon moved to nearby Munster, Indiana, where she grew up. [1] She has two siblings: an older brother, John, [2] and her younger sister, Karen. Her father was a successful railroad purchasing agent, while her mother worked at American Airlines. [2]
On October 4, 1997, the auction began at US$500,000; less than ten minutes later, the Field Museum had purchased the remains with the highest bid of US$7.6 million, which eclipsed bids made on behalf of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. The final cost was US$8,362,500.
Field Museum of Natural History: Chicago: Illinois: USA: May represent a novel species within Apatosaurus: Skeleton, mounted (copy) Barosaurus lentus: AMNH 6341 (copy) American Museum of Natural History: New York: New York: USA: Skeletal elements, unmounted Brachiosaurus altithorax: FMNH P 25107 Field Museum of Natural History: Chicago ...
First Dinosaur Bone found in Washington State. Accessed May 30, 2015. Frequently Asked Questions. Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. Accessed August 25, 2012. Lockley, Martin and Hunt, Adrian. Dinosaur Tracks of Western North America. Columbia University Press. 1999. Murray, Marian (1974).
The following year, Knight began a 28-mural series for Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History, a project which chronicled the history of life on earth and took four years to complete. At the Field Museum, he produced one of his best-known pieces, a mural featuring Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops .
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Elmer Riggs (left) and Robt. Thorne (right) excavating Mammut ('southern mastodon') pelvis in situ, Argentina, 1926. Field Museum photo.. Elmer Samuel Riggs (January 23, 1869 – March 25, 1963) was an American paleontologist known for his work with the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois.