Chicago Natural History / Field Museum, IL - Abyssinian Girl - Africa Sculpture for Sale

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Chicago Natural History / Field Museum, IL - Abyssinian Girl - Africa Sculpture For Sale

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Chicago Natural History / Field Museum, IL - Abyssinian Girl - Africa Sculpture:
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Chicago Natural History / Field Museum, IL - Abyssinian Girl - Africa Sculpture: The Field Museum and its collections originated from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and the artifacts displayed at the fair. In order to house the exhibits and collections assembled for 1893 Chicago World’s Fair for future generations, Edward Ayer convinced the merchant Marshall Field to fund the establishment of a museum. Originally titled the Columbian Museum of Chicago in honor of its origins, the Field Museum was incorporated by the State of Illinois on September 16, 1893, for the purpose of the \"accumulation and dissemination of knowledge, and the preservation and exhibition of artifacts illustrating art, archaeology, science and history.\" The Columbian Museum of Chicago occupied the only building remaining from the World\'s Columbian Exposition, the Palace of Fine Arts, which now houses the Museum of Science and Industry. In 1905, the Museum\'s name was changed to Field Museum of Natural History to honor the Museum\'s first major benefactor, Marshall Field, and to better reflect its focus on the natural sciences. During the period from 1943 to 1966, the museum was known as the Chicago Natural History Museum. In 1921 the Museum moved from its original location in Jackson Park to its present site on Chicago Park District property near downtown. By the late 1930s the Field Museum of Natural History emerged as one of the three premier museums in the United States, the other two being the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH, New York) and the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC). This Photochromatic postcard shows a bronze bust maintained by the Museum in its Chauncey Keep Memorial Hall. The card\'s reverse alleges \"This bust of an Abyssinia girl shows features of Hamite invaders of northeast Africa. Compared with Negroes, the Hamites have finer features, lighter skin color, and more slender bodies.\" The card is in good condition. A-41.