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Akeley 35mm Cine Camera
Who is “Brownie”
On this trip was “Brownie Pack” who was later to become Eleanor Hibben (pictured above). Pack- Hibben was a wildlife cinematographer who worked around the world (all seven continents and 26 African safaris). Her work was featured in a Walt Disney Studios series, and she and her husband Frank Hibben (renowned anthropologist, big game hunter, and professor at UNM) had a network television series in the 1950’s. She was the first woman president of the American Nature Association, which among other things published Nature Magazine, the magazine which printed the article by Arthur Pack (her husband at the time) and Finley which is referenced above.
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