The Roosevelt Expedition - Smithsonian Africa. Roosevelt, Loring, Cunninghame, Mearns

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LEPORED 39 BO SO RSS SH J.A.LORING Naturalist Col.E.A. MEARNS USA. retired Surgeon BRO BES BER SO 300 Base THEODORE ROOSEVELT R.J. CUNNINGHAME GUIDE AND MANAGER

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рух ORTO 5 оо состо U.S.POSTAGE POST CARD STEFAN FOR ADDRESS ONLY THE ROOSEVELT EXPEDITION. The party is called the Smithsonian African Expedition and has the object of securing specimens of the fauna and flora of mid-Africa. J. Alden Loring is an expert collector of small mammals and birds. Edmund Heller, another member of the party, is a trained naturalist and was with the Field Columbian Expedition. Col. Edgar Mearns is a physician and retired officer of the regular army and is an authority on zoology and botany. Ker- mit Roosevelt is the official photographer. R. J. Cun- ninghame, guide and manager, is a noted English hunter. E. C. Selous, a noted African hunter, also spent some time with the party. ROOSEVELT TOUR” PUBLISHED BY ARTHUR CAPPER, TOPEKA, KANSAS COPYRIGHTED, 1909, BY ARTHUR CAPPER, TOFEKA, KANSAS Albert Wiled Allegany Catt THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR CORRESPONDENCE