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1988 Press Photo Skull from a South Sea Expedition Displayed at Milwaukee Museum

This is an original press photo. SOUTH SEAS EXHIBIT ARRIVES - Christine Del Re (left), an assistant conservator at the Milwaukee Public Museum, and Henry Crawford, a museum registrar, started Tuesday to unpack 71 crates containing a new exhibit, "Magnificant Voyagers: The US Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842." The exhibit, which will be on display from February 6 to April 24, was organized by the National Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian Institution. It re-creates an expedition that Lieutenant Charles Wilkes led to the South Seas and Antarctica. The opened crate contained a skull found during the expedition. Milwaukee - Museum - Miscellaneous. Photo measures 10.75 x 8.25inches. Photo is dated 01-19-1988.

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