{"id":348,"date":"2017-01-18T13:37:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T13:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/envisioning-extinctions\/?page_id=348"},"modified":"2020-05-08T16:23:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T16:23:31","slug":"348-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/audubon-birds-of-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Audubon&#8217;s Birds of America at Bowdoin College"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><span style=\"color: #333333\">In 1955, Roscoe H. Hupper (Class of 1907) presented Bowdoin College with a unique copy of John James Audubon\u2019s double-elephant folio <em>The Birds of America<\/em> in memory of his mother, Mary Alden Hupper (1854-1944). \u009aSince January 2016, <a href=\"https:\/\/library.bowdoin.edu\/arch\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Special Collections &amp; Archives<\/a> has invited the public into the reading room to observe the page-turning of this monumental work.&nbsp; Special guests, ranging from ornithologists and historians to poets and botanists, help interpret the book and the life and legacy of Audubon.<\/span><\/h6>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-348 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/audubon-birds-of-america\/about-book\/\" class=\"no-lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"873\" src=\"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/audubon-birds-of-america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/05\/audubon-case-e1588696343232.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-480\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-480'>\n\t\t\t\tAudubon &amp; The Birds of America \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/audubon-birds-of-america\/bowdoins-book\/\" class=\"no-lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/audubon-birds-of-america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/05\/BirdofAmericaDeedofGift018-e1588696233646.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-531\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-531'>\n\t\t\t\tBowdoin&#8217;s Birds of America\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\" http:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/audubon-birds-of-america\/page-turning\/\" class=\"no-lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"875\" src=\"https:\/\/sca.bowdoin.edu\/audubon-birds-of-america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/05\/Audubon-Page-Turning-Spring-2016-1-e1588696266219.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-506\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-506'>\n\t\t\t\tPage-Turning Events \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1955, Roscoe H. 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