Mounted Brachyceratops Skeleton, 1921 by National Photo Company

Mounted Brachyceratops Skeleton, 1921, by National Photo Company documents a preparator at the Smithsonian's United States National Museum assembling the skeleton of a juvenile Brachyceratops, a small horned dinosaur whose fossil remains were recovered in Montana. Captured on March 19, 1921, the photograph is a behind-the-scenes record of the meticulous, months-long process of reconstructing a Cretaceous-period ceratopsian for public display.

Artist: National Photo Company. Date: 1921.

Mounted Brachyceratops Skeleton, 1921. Historic Paleontology Photography Canvas Print.