• About
  • Advertise
  • Newsroom
  • Contact Us
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
No Result
View All Result
NEWS ALERTS
GantNews.com
  • Home
  • Top Stories
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • A & E
    • Business News
    • Crime
    • Local News
    • Explore Jefferson
    • Features
    • Health News
      • Health & Wellness
    • Sports
      • Local Sports
  • Obituaries
  • Opinions
  • Classifieds
    • Real Estate
  • Clearfield County Fair
  • Home
  • Top Stories
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • A & E
    • Business News
    • Crime
    • Local News
    • Explore Jefferson
    • Features
    • Health News
      • Health & Wellness
    • Sports
      • Local Sports
  • Obituaries
  • Opinions
  • Classifieds
    • Real Estate
  • Clearfield County Fair
No Result
View All Result
GantNews.com
No Result
View All Result
ADVERTISEMENT
Home News Features

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Clearfield County Victorian Taxidermy

by Clearfield County Historical Society
Thursday, August 10, 2023
in Features, Local News, Top Stories
0
0

The exact origins of when taxidermy took off are not known, but historians have traced the beginning of the art form to an 1851 exhibition in London. 

Queen Victoria eventually coming to own a taxidermy bird collection.  President Theodore Roosevelt was an avid naturalist from a very young age.  He was studying taxidermy at the age of 12 years old.

In 1876 at the age of 17 years old, Roosevelt shot an owl and mounted it himself.  He later donated the owl in 1911 to a museum near his family’s summer home in Oyster Bay, New York.

This Victorian hobby came to the Clearfield County region eventually.  These animals and birds were caught or shot by G. Hugh Leavy or his son, Edward A. Leavy in the Clearfield County area sometime before 1886. 

This mounted display had been in possession of the Leavy and Don Gingery family until 1982.  It was then presented to the Clearfield County Historical Society by Mrs. Edward T. Bartlett II, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gingery. 

Animals displayed were a wildcat, fox, grouse, cardinal, blue jay, catbird and two butterflies.

This taxidermy case recently traveled to the 2023 Clearfield County Fair and was displayed under the Old Town Sportsmen’s Club pavilion. 

Many people admired how intact the case and animals have remained in the past at least 137 years.

EXPLOREJEFFERSON: Daughter Accused of Stealing Nearly $50,000 from 70-Year-Old Mother
Jefferson County Fair to Remain July 14-20 in 2024
Tags: ClearfieldClearfield CountyClearfield County Historical SocietyClearfield County historytaxidermyThrowback ThursdayVictorian Taxidermy

Clearfield County Historical Society

Next Post

Alberta Violet (Knapp) Bish

Please login to join discussion
GantNews.com

© 2020 GantNews

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Newsroom
  • Contact Us

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Top Stories
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • A & E
    • Business News
    • Crime
    • Local News
    • Explore Jefferson
    • Features
    • Health News
      • Health & Wellness
    • Sports
      • Local Sports
  • Obituaries
  • Opinions
  • Classifieds
    • Real Estate
  • Clearfield County Fair

© 2020 GantNews