1946 Portrait of Dr Roy Chapman (1884-1960) American explorer, author, adventurer and naturalist . He became the director of the American Museum of Natural History and is seen here examining fossilised dinosaur eggs from the Gobi Desert. He was said to have inspired the film character Indiana Jones

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