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Image Archives
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00-2100A(A).jpg
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00-2100A(A).jpg
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catalog number:
00-2100A
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00-2100A
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collection:
Excavation, General
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Excavation, General
collection
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title:
Trigonias Quarry and Camp
title
Trigonias Quarry and Camp
title
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creator:
Harvey C. Markman
creator
Harvey C. Markman
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false
creator type:
photographer
creator_type
photographer
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false
creator:
Stefanie A. Derkatsch
creator
Stefanie A. Derkatsch
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false
creator type:
scanning technician and creator of digital collection
creator_type
scanning technician and creator of digital collection
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description:
Landscape of the Trigonias quarry with tent and fence visible. Glued to the back of this original print mount is a typed label. The text recounts the "The Fence Post Incident," a false story of how the Trigonias quarry was discovered. In this story, the dig was discovered after a fragment of bone was uncovered by a rancher who had been digging holes for fence posts. This false story circulated in a number of publications without challenge until the Museum's Annual Report of 1942 printed a more realistic account of how the rich deposit of bones was discovered by Philip Reinheimer, H.D. Boyes, Frank Howland and Harvey Markman in 1920. The discovery would prove to be an extraordinarily rich deposit of prehistoric bones, yielding 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 bones discovered were a variety of prehistoric rhinoceroses and pigs. Duplicate fossils were used in exchange with various institutions across the country including The Field Museum and Harvard University. Location: near Horsetail Creek.
description
Landscape of the Trigonias quarry with tent and fence visible. Glued to the back of this original print mount is a typed label. The text recounts the "The Fence Post Incident," a false story of how the Trigonias quarry was discovered. In this story, the dig was discovered after a fragment of bone was uncovered by a rancher who had been digging holes for fence posts. This false story circulated in a number of publications without challenge until the Museum's Annual Report of 1942 printed a more realistic account of how the rich deposit of bones was discovered by Philip Reinheimer, H.D. Boyes, Frank Howland and Harvey Markman in 1920. The discovery would prove to be an extraordinarily rich deposit of prehistoric bones, yielding 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 bones discovered were a variety of prehistoric rhinoceroses and pigs. Duplicate fossils were used in exchange with various institutions across the country including The Field Museum and Harvard University. Location: near Horsetail Creek.
description
false
date:
1920
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1920
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date type:
date of photograph
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date of photograph
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location:
USA, Colorado, Weld County
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USA, Colorado, Weld County
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modified:
yes, shadow, highlights, brightness, and contrast adjusted using Photoshop CS5
modified
yes, shadow, highlights, brightness, and contrast adjusted using Photoshop CS5
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false
format:
image/jpg
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image/jpg
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false
file size:
3.00 MB
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3.00 MB
file size
false
source:
7.68 X 9.01 black and white fiber based paper mounted on board, scanned with Epson Exprssion 10000XL at 350dpi, 8bit grayscale with unsharp mask level high
source
7.68 X 9.01 black and white fiber based paper mounted on board, scanned with Epson Exprssion 10000XL at 350dpi, 8bit grayscale with unsharp mask level high
source
false
rights:
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science
rights
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science
rights
false