The second International Exhibition of Eugenics held September 22 to October 22, 1921, in connection with the Second International Congress of Eugenics in the American Museum of Natural History, New York : an account of the organization of the exhibition, the classification of the exhibits, the list of exhibitors, and a catalog and description of the exhibits / by Harry H. Laughlin.

  • Laughlin, Harry Hamilton, 1880-1943.
Date:
1923
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Credit: The second International Exhibition of Eugenics held September 22 to October 22, 1921, in connection with the Second International Congress of Eugenics in the American Museum of Natural History, New York : an account of the organization of the exhibition, the classification of the exhibits, the list of exhibitors, and a catalog and description of the exhibits / by Harry H. Laughlin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2. Exhibitor: American Geographical Society, Broadway at 156th Street, New York City, N. Y. Exhibits: Maps, reprints of articles and monographs dealing with distribution of popula tion, migration, and zones of civilization. 3. Exhibitor: American Hampshire Swine Record Association, 409 Wisconsin Avenue, Peoria, Illinois. Exhibits: One set of colored posters. 4. Exhibitor: American Jersey Cattle Club, Registration of Pure Bred Jersey Cattle, 324 West 23d Street, New York, N. Y. Exhibits: Pedigrees and photographs of specimen cattle. In this exhibit was a pedigree of a Jersey Bull which sold for $65,000. It showed the extent of inbreeding practiced by cattle breeders, in that this bull carried 52xf of the combined blood of two of his great great great grandparents, secured by the almost consistent mating of half-brothers and half-sisters for many generations. Only 45 animals appear in the six generations back for this animal, as against the normal number of 126 ancestors in six generations. Photographs showed the improvement in type as a result of several generations of intelligent breeding. 5. Exhibitor: American Karakul Sheep Company, Breeders and developers of Persian Lamb Fur Sheep, Fayetteville, N. Y. Exhibits: Chart showing Persian lamb fur sheep and lambs bred in America. 6. Exhibitor: American Milk Goat Record Association, Compilers and Preservers of pedigrees of Milk Goats, Vincennes, Ind. Exhibits: First ten volumes printed. 7. Exhibitor: American Rambouillet Sheep Breeders' Association, Marysville, Ohio. Exhibits: 21 Publications of the Association. 8. Exhibitor: The American Red Cross, Washington, D. C. Exhibits: Five posters. 9. Exhibitor: American Short Horn Breeders' Association, 13 Dexter Park Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Exhibits: One herd book, pedigree lists and sample registry certificates. 10. Exhibitor: American Social Hygiene Association, 370 Seventh Avenue, New York, N. Y. Exhibits: Ten illustrative panels dealing with eugenics and social hygiene. 11. Exhibitor: American Statistical Association, Kent Hall, Columbia University, New York, N. Y. Exhibits: One quarterly publication. One chart comparing the death rates of white and colored races. One chart showing gradual decrease of deaths from alcoholism in New York City. Years given—1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920. Two pamphlets, Forty- five years of United States Naval Morbidity. 12. Exhibitor: Prof. W. S. Anderson, Professor of Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. Exhibits: Photographs of horses and of upgraded sheep. Peter the Great is the most successful sire of the standard-bred breeding horse, having to his credit over 60 2:10 trotters. His son, Peter Volo, made world trotting records for two-year-olds, three-year- olds, and four-year-olds and is now a successful sire. Fair Play is a successful sire, but his most valuable get has been Man O'War who, as a three-year-old, holds five world records against horses of all ages, marking him as the outstanding race horse produced by the breed to-day. He is to-day worth more money than any other live animal of any breed.