Detail View: Image Archives: Figgins & Reinheimer Working on Fossils

File Name: 
00-2784.jpg
catalog number: 
00-2784
collection: 
Excavation, General
title: 
Figgins & Reinheimer Working on Fossils
creator: 
Harvey C. Markman
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Stefanie A. Derkatsch
creator type: 
scanning technician and creator of digital collection
description: 
From the left, Museum director Jesse Dade Figgins and Museum Cheif Preparateur Philip Reinheimer were often in the field collecting for the museum. However, there are few pictures of Mr. Reinheimer in the field. Normally, he is pictured in the lab articulating large dinosaurs for exhibit or working behind the scenes. Here they are pictured working on excavating fossils at the Trigonias quarry. This excavation site was quite significant and yielded at least three complete Trigonias skeletons as well as at least thirty-seven skulls, fifty-nine pairs of mandibles, eight pelvic girdles, eight trays of vertebrae, several complete sets of ribs, and numerous limb bones. The site yielded remains of a variety of prehistoric rhinoceroses. Duplicate fossils were used in exchange with various institutions across the country including The Field Museum and Harvard University. Location: near Horsetail Creek.
date: 
1920
date type: 
date of photograph
location: 
USA, Colorado, Weld County
modified: 
yes, brightness and contrast adgusted using Photoshop CS5
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
3.28 MB
source: 
8 X 10 black and white print scanned with Epson Expression 10000XL at 300 dpi, 8bit grayscale and unsharp mask level high
rights: 
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science