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Akeley Hall of African Mammals

AKELEY HALL OF AFRICAN MAMMALS
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A MEMORIAL TO CARL AKELEY
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THE PUBLIC IS INDEBTED TO THE EXPERIENCE AND VISION OF CARL AKELEY FOR THE CREATION OF THIS HALL OF AFRICAN MAMMALS. THE TRUSTEES OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, IN RECOGNITION OF HIS MANY YEARS OF DEVOTION TO A HIGH IDEAL AND THE UNSTINTED GIVING OF HIS ENERGIES, EVEN TO LIFE ITSELF, HAVE DEDICATED THIS HALL, THE FULFILMENT OF HIS DREAMS TO HIS MEMORY. ~~~~~~

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