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Visitors inspecting a mummy which is believed to date from the 7th century B.C.
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Visitors inspecting a mummy which is believed to date from the 7th century B.C. Portions of the mummy's wrappings have been cut away.
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Title
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Visitors inspecting a mummy which is believed to date from the 7th century B.C.
Date of Original
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1933-1934
Identifier
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COP_17_0003_00086_001.tif
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https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3sj19r3v
Type
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Image
Caption
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From left to right: Wallace Sample, Cyril Hill, Mrs. W.B. Wilson, Mrs. W.T. Hall, Mrs. D. Q. Wilson and D. Q. Wilson are shown in the exhibit of the Oriental Institute in the Hall of Social Science on Northerly Island at A Century of Progress. They are inspecting a mummy which is believed to date from the 7th century B.C. Portions of the mummy's wrappings have been cut away so that visitors to this popular exhibit may see the method used by the ancients in wrapping the mummies. The specimen is loaned by the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago.
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In copyright
Access
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Public access
Subject--Topic
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Mummies
Subject--Name
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University of Chicago. Oriental Institute
Photographer
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Kaufmann & Fabry Co.
Form
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Photographs
Color
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Black and white
Extent
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7.5 x 9.5 in.
Building Name
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Hall of Social Science
Collection Information
Collection
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Century of Progress records
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Series
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Series 17: Iconographics
Box
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3
Folder
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86
Repository
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University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Repository Collection Type
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Manuscript Collections
Repository Location
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Richard J. Daley Library
Acknowledgements
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Funded by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library under Jesse White
Secretary of State.
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Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.)
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