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Scarlet Tanager (mounted bird)
c 1890s
Duchess County, New York
As a boy, FDR collected examples of local birds. His father set limits on the numbers of each species that could be harvested, and required that FDR learn to mount the specimens himself.
L 17.0, W 5.0 cm
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historical Site, HOFR 467

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