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- Bandbox, circa 1845 - In the early 1800s, Americans used bandboxes to store clothing, accessories, and other small items. Bandboxes were handy containers in the home or when traveling by stage, boat, or rail. Manufacturers covered these inexpensive pasteboard or wooden boxes with colorful papers. Some bandboxes were covered with papers depicting birds and animals. This bandbox's paper shows two grouse in a woodland setting.
- circa 1845
- Collections - Artifact
Bandbox, circa 1845
In the early 1800s, Americans used bandboxes to store clothing, accessories, and other small items. Bandboxes were handy containers in the home or when traveling by stage, boat, or rail. Manufacturers covered these inexpensive pasteboard or wooden boxes with colorful papers. Some bandboxes were covered with papers depicting birds and animals. This bandbox's paper shows two grouse in a woodland setting.
- Birds, Stuffed and Mounted by John Burroughs, circa 1865 - A lifelong birder, naturalist John Burroughs did not limit his study of feathered creatures to simple observation. He often actively collected birds on hikes, later stuffing and mounting his specimens in glass cases much like this one. Some of Burroughs' other taxidermy works include a fifty-bird exhibit for his wife's front parlor and an arrangement of Catskill Mountain birds for his mother.
- circa 1865
- Collections - Artifact
Birds, Stuffed and Mounted by John Burroughs, circa 1865
A lifelong birder, naturalist John Burroughs did not limit his study of feathered creatures to simple observation. He often actively collected birds on hikes, later stuffing and mounting his specimens in glass cases much like this one. Some of Burroughs' other taxidermy works include a fifty-bird exhibit for his wife's front parlor and an arrangement of Catskill Mountain birds for his mother.