Detail View: Image Archives: Man holding sandstone fossil plant slab with a meteorite at his foot

File Name: 
NI98-122.jpg
catalog number: 
NI98-122
collection: 
Image Archives
title: 
Man holding sandstone fossil plant slab with a meteorite at his foot
creator: 
Harvey H. Nininger
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Grant Outerbridge
creator type: 
creator of digital collection
description: 
An unidentified man poses with a meteorite excavated from the Crestone crater. Nininger was curator of meteorites at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 1930-1946.
subject terms: 
Nininger Collection; People; Meteorites; Specimens; Crestone Crater; Colorado
date: 
1920-1940
date type: 
date of photograph
location: 
USA, Colorado, Saquache County
modified: 
Yes, Shadows/Highlights, Brightness/Contrast, Exposure, and Levels adjusted; cropped using Photoshop CS4.
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
1.54MB
source: 
2.5 x 3.75 inch nitrate negative scanned with Epson Expression 10000XL at 600 dpi, 8 bit grayscale.
rights: 
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science