The Second International Congress of Eugenics

  • EXHIBITION ENTRANCE
  • ATTENDEES
  • AUDITORIUM
  • EUGENICS HALL
  • HALL OF THE AGE OF MAN
A partially colorized panoramic photo of participants of the Second International Congress of Eugenics posing in front of the American Museum of Natural History building. In the picture, the building is colorized in light brown shade and the participants are in black and white. There are 151 people in the photo whom are mostly men with some women also visible. All participants are well-dressed in the fashion of that era. The caption of the photo reads “Panramic View of the Second International Congress of Eugenics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, September 22 to 28, 2921”. Adams, A. E. Addison, W. H. F. Andrus, M. Baker, O. E. Banker, H. J. Banta, A. M. Barr, C. E. Bergner, A. D. Bishop, Dr. Blakeslee, A. F. Bond, M. C. Bowditch, H. Brown, L. A. Byrnes, E. F. Canavan, M. M. M. Castle, W. E. Cattell, J. Cattell, J. M. Cattell, Mrs. J. M. Chenoweth, C. R. Clark, M. A. Coxe, A. B. Crampton, H. E. Cuenot, L. Dale, A. B. Danforth, C. H. Darwin, Maj. L. Davenport, C. B. Davenport, Mrs. C. B. Davis, D. W. Dean, A. S. Dublin, L. I. Dunn, L. C. Earle, M. L. Edson, N. W. Estabrook, A. H. Fernald, W. E. Fischer, W. K. Fish, H. D. Fisher, I. Flaxner, M. Galloway, T. W. Gates, R. R. Gates, W. H. Gerould, J. H. Goldfarb, A. J. Gonzales, B. M. Govaerts, Dr. A. Gowen, J. W. Greenberg, B. Hanson, F. B. Hargitt, C. W. Harris, J. A. Hrdlicka, A. Hutchinson, W. Jennings, H. S. Johnson, M. Johnson, R. H. Johnson, R. L. Kaufman, M. Key, W. E. King, H. D. Koegel, O. E. Kortright, M. Lare, Mrs. W. S. Laughlin, H. H. Lee, Dr. E. W. Little, C. C. MacDowell, E. C. MacDowell, Mrs. E. C. Martin, Mrs. R. M. McClure, C. F. W. Medha, P. Meyer, A. Middleton, A. R. Minoura, T. Mjøen, J. A. Morgan, A. H. Muller, H. J. Muncey, E. B. Nelson, N. C. Olson, H. Osborn, H. F. Osborn, Mrs. H. F. Oshima, H. Perkins, H. F. Radosavljevich, P. R. Ramos, D. F. Robie, Mrs. W. F. Robie, W. F. Rohde, V. Scroggie, A. G. Seashore, C. E. Shull, A. F. Shull, G. H. Stanton, H. M. Sturtevant, A. H. Taylor, B. M. S. Thompson, C. B. Van Buskirk, E. F. Vicari, E. M. Walter, H. E. Weinstein, A. Whiting, A. R. Whiting, P. W. Wiggam, A. E. Wilder, H. H. Woods, F. A. Wright, Mrs. S. Wright, S. Wyckoff, F. Zeleny, C. H.
Report of The Second International Congress of Eugenics, Panoramic View of the Second International Congress of Eugenics, 1921, Laughlin Special , HQ 750 A3 I6 1921D, page 1, Pickler Library, Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri.

Organizers employed C. F. Allen to take a panoramic photograph of attendees in front of the museum’s south entrance at the start of the Second International Congress of Eugenics. While many prominent participants in the Second Congress were not present, it offers a sense of who came and what intellectual and political agendas they represented. Organizers of the Second Congress sought to help eugenicists and their allies develop collaborative relationships. To that end, they placed a copy of this photograph in the Eugenics Hall to help attendees recognize and connect with each other.

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