George Sternberg Album #2 - Early Canadian Views
 

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Identifier

sa2-062-00

Date

1-1-1916

Description

This black scrapbook page contains four black and white photographs from George Sternberg's photo album. The photographs reveal the transportation and launch of a motorboat from its building place in the Great West Lumber Co. mill to a river located somewhere near Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. Each photo bears a handwritten caption from Sternberg. Sternberg is most widely known for his discovery of the "fish-within-a-fish" fossil from Gove County, Kansas. The Sternberg Museum of Natural History, located in Hays, Kansas, currently exhibits the "fish-within-a-fish" fossil. Once an unorganized collection of assorted fossils and vegetation located at Fort Hays State University (FHSU), the Sternberg Museum became George Sternberg's passion from 1915 to his death in 1969. "George F. Sternberg, now working on behalf of the Geological Survey of Canada, operated a scow-based camp on the Red Deer River between Red Deer and the Munson ferry near Drumheller. Sternberg was assisted by Jacey Glen Mayberry (died ca. 1950; Mayberry 1985) from Red Deer, J.A. Smith, George Housten, and Peter A. Bungart (1876–1948). "

Physical Description

11 x 15 inch post-bound photographic scrapbook

Keywords

Scrapbooking, Archives--History, Albums, Paleontology, Expedition photographs, Boats, Alberta, Canada, Rivers

Rights

© University Archives, Fort Hays State University

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

Comments

For questions contact ScholarsRepository@fhsu.edu

Language

eng

Transcription

R.-27, T.-38, S.-17. ; F.-33926-16. Taking the motor boat (sic) out of the Great West Lumber Co. mill where we were allowed to build it. ; F.-33923-16. Hauling motor boat to the river, Red Deer, Alta. ; F.-33927-16. Launching the motor boat. ; F.-33919-16. Hauling motor boat to the river.

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Keywords

Scrapbooking, Archives--History, Albums, Paleontology, Expedition photographs, Boats, Alberta, Canada, Rivers

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