George Sternberg Album #2 - Early Canadian Views
 

Preview

image preview

Identifier

sa2-065-00

Date

1-1-1916

Description

This black scrapbook page contains four black and white photographs from George Sternberg's photo album. Each of the photos presents a black-and-white image of landscapes and geological formations. The top-left photo features brown sandstone cliffs along a river in the Paskapoo Formation. The top-right photo depicts a rock cliff along a river in the Edmonton Formation. The bottom-left photo is a second picture of the Paskapoo Formation along a river near Red Deer, Alberta. The bottom-right photo is a rock formation covered in vegetation with a river running in front of cliffs in the background. Below each photo, George Sternberg has written an inscription.

Physical Description

11 x 15 inch post-bound photographic scrapbook

Keywords

Scrapbooking, Archives--History, Albums, Paleontology, Expedition photographs, Rivers, Paskapoo (Alta.), Canada, Rock formations

Rights

© University Archives, Fort Hays State University

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

Comments

For questions contact ScholarsRepository@fhsu.edu

Language

eng

Transcription

35088-16. Perpendicular cliffs of brown sand stone [sic] [sandstone] on right bank of river Paskapoo formation. R.-24, T.-38. ; 35091-16. A vein of Lignite about 8 feet thick, nearly two thirds [sic] [two-thirds] of the way up the bank. Top of the Edmonton formation near Lignite Alta. R.-23, T.-38. ; F.-33921-16. Paskapoo formation about thirty miles by river below Red Deer. ; 35092-16. The formation along here is nearly all covered with grass and bush and there are no large exposures here. R.-33. T-36 S-13.

Keywords

Scrapbooking, Archives--History, Albums, Paleontology, Expedition photographs, Rivers, Paskapoo (Alta.), Canada, Rock formations

Share

 
COinS