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Edgar Allan Poe (right) appears in the oldest-known photograph taken inside an American museum, the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, itself the oldest natural science museum in the Western Hemisphere.

Edgar Allan Poe (right) appears in the oldest-known photograph taken inside an American museum, the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, itself the oldest natural science museum in the Western Hemisphere.

4-10-2012
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    I am proud to be a former employee of the academy of natural sciences. My 3 years there was an incredible experience....
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    It doesn’t look like Poe to me, but I guess I never met him so how would I know?
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