George Sternberg Album #2 - Early Canadian Views
 

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Identifier

sa2-062-01

Date

1-1-1916

Description

This black and white photograph features a white motorboat on a wooden wagon in front of the Great West Lumber Co. mill door. The door opens and closes along a rolling track. Four men are positioned around the wagon, overseeing its transportation from the mill. The men all wear hats and dark pants. One wears a vest over a white shirt; another wears suspenders. The two other men both wear dark coats. The ground mostly consists of packed dirt with little clumps of grass. Three smokestacks emerge from the left-hand side of the mill's roof. Wooden chutes and scaffolding to transport logs hug either side of the mill's s "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). "tructure. A black dog sits behind one of the men. Given other photos of Sternberg's, the dog appears to be the group's companion. Handwriting is below the photograph.

Physical Description

black and white photograph

Keywords

Paleontology, Expedition photographs, Boats, Wagons, Men, Mills

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© University Archives, Fort Hays State University

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

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Language

eng

Transcription

F.-33926-16. Taking the motor boat [sic] [motorboat] out of the Great West Lumber Co. mill where we were allowed to build it.

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Keywords

Paleontology, Expedition photographs, Boats, Wagons, Men, Mills

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