George Sternberg Album #2 - Early Canadian Views
 

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Identifier

sa2-080-00

Date

1-1-1916

Description

This black scrapbook page contains four black and white photographs from George Sternberg's photo album. These photos reveal how the team would transport the specimens from the quarry. Underneath each of these photos is an inscription written by Sternberg.

Physical Description

11 x 15 inch post-bound photographic scrapbook

Keywords

Scrapbooking, Archives--History, Albums, Archaeological sites, Paleontological excavations, Quarries & quarrying, Fossils, Expedition photographs

Rights

© University Archives, Fort Hays State University

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

Comments

For questions contact ScholarsRepository@fhsu.edu

Language

eng

Transcription

R.-21, T.-33, S.-6. ; 35124-16. At work in the quarry, note our narrow trail on right of quarry. Field no. 16-15. ; 35150-16. Leaving the quarry with one of the large boxes, Field no. 16-1915. ; 35151-16. After a note is made of the contents of each box it is hauled out of the brakes [sic] [breaks] on a stone boat to where it can be loaded onto a wagon, Field no. 16-1915. ; 35149-16 We were compelled to make a zig zag trail up this steep slope to enable us to reach the quarry where Specimen no.16-1915. was collected.

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Keywords

Scrapbooking, Archives--History, Albums, Archaeological sites, Paleontological excavations, Quarries & quarrying, Fossils, Expedition photographs

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