Bentley Image Bank, Bentley Historical Library: University Museums window, puma, lamp details

Title: University Museums window, puma, lamp details
Date: 1940/1950 (ca.)
Collection Title: University of Michigan Photographs Vertical File
Collection Creator: Bentley Historical Library (collector)
Folder / Container / Volume: UBImusD13. Folder: Campus Buildings. Alexander G. Ruthven Building. no. 134
Notes: Albert Kahn Associates, architecture firm. Puma sculpture by Carleton Watson Angell, 1940; black terrazzo. Building opened in 1928 and originally called the University Museums Building, which housed four museums: Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, Museum of Paleontology, Museum of Zoology, and University Herbarium. Later housed the Museum of Natural History, which was officially created in 1956. Renamed the Alexander G. Ruthven Museums Building in 1968.
Subjects: University Museums Building (University of Michigan); University of Michigan--Buildings--1941-1950; Galleries & museums--Michigan--Ann Arbor; Pumas; Sculpture--Michigan--Ann Arbor; Universities & colleges--Michigan--Ann Arbor; Windows--Michigan--Ann Arbor
Item Number: BL001774
Finding Aid: umich-bhl-92147
Source of Title: supplied
Scan Source: 8 x 10 b/w photographic print
Repository: Bentley Historical Library
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 01:09:36

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