George Sternberg Album #2 - Early Canadian Views
 

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Identifier

sa2-068-00

Date

6-1-1916

Description

This black scrapbook page contains four black and white photographs from George Sternberg's photo album. Four photos are on page 68 of the album. All of the photographs on this page include a swelling river. George Sternberg's crew can be seen using poles to push away floating logs from the scow that they are riding on in three of the photos. All of the photos were taken during daylight hours on June 27, 1916. The third photo is the only one on this page not to include the scow. Tall vegetation consisting of trees and bushes is present along the riverbank in every photograph on this page. In the first, second, and fourth photos, the number of logs seen floating in the water gradually increases. "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, Rivers, Camping, Canada, Logs, Sternberg-George Fryer (1883-1969)

Rights

© University Archives, Fort Hays State University

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

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For questions contact ScholarsRepository@fhsu.edu

Language

eng

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R.-21, T.-34, S.-34, ; The river raised very rapidly on June 27th and we were kept very busy clearing away the drift wood from the front of our scow. ; As the river raised large trees and logs were hurled past our scow and we were kept busy pushing them out into the stream away from our boats. ; At 6 oclock June 27th we were compelled to move our sleeping tents aboard the scow as the water began to creep into them. ; Thousands of cut logs were hurled past our camp.

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Keywords

Scrapbooking, Archives--History, Albums, Paleontology, Expedition photographs, Rivers, Camping, Canada, Logs, Sternberg-George Fryer (1883-1969)

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