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Identifier
sa1-p044-01
Date
1-1-1906
Description
This black and white photograph features two young men sitting on a wooden frame that contains the Portheus molossus (also referred to as a Xiphactinus). A man on the left holds a dog and a shovel lies by his feet. George F. Sternberg is to the right and wears overalls; both wear hats. This fossil was sent to Ottawa, Canada.
Physical Description
Black and white photograph
Keywords
Gove County (Kan.), Sternberg-George Fryer (1883-1969), Archaeological sites, Paleontological excavations, Expedition photographs, Fossils, Quarries & quarrying, Digging
Rights
© University Archives, Fort Hays State University
Publisher
Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections
Collection
Recommended Citation
Sternberg, George Fryer 1883-1969, "044-01: Collecting Porteous Skeleton" (1906). George Sternberg Album #1 - Early Pictures. 179.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/sternberg_album1/179
Language
eng
Transcription
Collecting Portheous [sic] skeleton Gove Co, Ks. Now in Ottawa Canada. 1906 G.F.S.
Keywords
Gove County (Kan.), Sternberg-George Fryer (1883-1969), Archaeological sites, Paleontological excavations, Expedition photographs, Fossils, Quarries & quarrying, Digging
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