![George Sternberg Album #8 - 1940](../../assets/md5images/8cff31c5fd78cb1ae0a2f0ea7fc67303.jpg)
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Identifier
sa8_012_02
Description
This black and white photograph features several large fossil specimens processed with white plaster. The specimens are in front of a pile of dirt and rocks. A man stands on the hill behind the fossils on the right. The hillside is made up mostly of rocks and dirt. Several trees are also on the hill behind the fossils. Mesas are in the background. The Smithsonian Institution published this image. (1938). Explorations and Field-Work of the Smithsonian Institution in 1937. Baltimore, Maryland: The Lord Baltimore Press. (fig. 3) "Plastered blocks of sauropod skeleton. North Horn Mountain in the background."
Physical Description
black and white photograph
Keywords
Archaeological sites, Paleontological excavations, Expedition photographs, Fossils, Quarries & quarrying, Specimens
Rights
© University Archives, Fort Hays State University
Publisher
Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections
Collection
Recommended Citation
Sternberg, George Fryer 1883-1969, "012_02: Fossils Ready for Transport" (2021). George Sternberg Album #8 - 1940. 36.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/sternberg_album8/36
Language
eng
Keywords
Archaeological sites, Paleontological excavations, Expedition photographs, Fossils, Quarries & quarrying, Specimens
Comments
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