Front:
J.A.LORING
Naturalist
Col. E.A.MEARNS
U.S.A.retired Surgeon
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
R.J. CUNNINGHAME
GUIDE AND MANAGER
Back:
Place the Stamp
One Cent for
United States and
Island Possessions,
Cuba, Canada
and Mexico
Two Cents for
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. É. C. Selous, a noted African hunter, also
spent some time with the party.
"ROOSEVELT TOUR” PUBLISHED BYARTHUR CAPPER, TOPEKA, KANSAS
COPYRIGHTED, 1909, BY ARTHUR CAPPER, TO-EKA, KANSAS
