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V. Facts,
Figures, & History
The Journey
to Pittsburgh
Sure,
dinosaurs are exciting, but it takes a lot of hard work to get
them into a museum! Letters and memos flew back and forth
between CMNH and AMNH while T. rex was finding its new
home in Pittsburgh. Follow T. rex's voyage from American
Museum of Natural History in New York City to its new home at
Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, and learn the
details involved in shipping a dinosaur 380 miles!
1/9/1941
AMNH's Barnum
Brown makes an offer
1/15/1941
CMNH's
Andrey Avinoff responds to the offer
6/26/1941
AMNH grants
permission to sell the specimen
6/28/1941
Avinoff
confirms meeting to discuss Tyrannosaurus
 9/30/1941
AMNH starts
packing the specimen for shipment
10/22/1941
Brown offers
to include the bases and mountings
10/24/1941
Specimen
will be ready sooner than expected, Brown provides estimates
10/31/1941
Specimen
is ready to ship
11/4/1941
Avinoff
accepts bases and mountings, discusses payment
11/6/1941
Brown accepts
payment, provides dimensions for shipping crates
11/17/1941
Brown specifies
how specimen will be shipped
11/21/1941
Avinoff
contacts the trucking company, North Braddock Motor Lines
11/24/1941
North Braddock
Motor Lines confirms shipment
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