Biological Survey Expedition to Death Valley, California

From USFWS Pacific Southwest Region:

Thowback Thursday: Don't let the rifles fool you. These men are on a biological survey expedition to Death Valley, California (1891). They were leaders at the Biological Survey (precursor to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). From left to right: Biological Survey Chief C. Hart Merriam, Vernon Bailey, Theodore Sherman Palmer, and A.K. Fisher. 

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Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Museum/Archives.