George Sternberg Album #2 - Early Canadian Views
 

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Identifier

sa2-084-00

Date

1-1-1916

Description

This black scrapbook page contains four black and white photographs from George Sternberg's photo album. The top left photo features two men wrapping fossils to prepare for transport. The top right photo shows the area where between 20-30 large leg bones were found. The bottom left photo indicates the area where the American Museum faculty had found fossils during a trip in 1912. The bottom right photo depicts the breaks as they go into the plains. 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, Bungart- Peter Anthony (1877-1948)

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© 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.-32, S.-19. ; 35160-16. Wrapping scattered bones in what we call a bone bed. ; 35156-16. We collected some 20 or 30 good bones from this quarry mostly large leg bones. ; 35168-16. Several specimens were collected by the American Museum party with in the bounds of this picture, Su 1912. ; 35165-16. Our last camp on A. Peterson's home stead [sic] [homestead]. The scow has been pulled out on shore where it will remain all winter. Note how rapidly the brakes [sic] [breaks] descend to the prairie level.

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Keywords

Scrapbooking, Archives--History, Albums, Archaeological sites, Paleontological excavations, Quarries & quarrying, Fossils, Expedition photographs, Bungart- Peter Anthony (1877-1948)

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