Detail View: Image Archives: Scenes from fossil quarry
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File Name:
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00-4382A-4.jpg
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catalog number:
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00-4382A-4
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collection:
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Excavation, General
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title:
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Scenes from fossil quarry
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creator:
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Christine Powers
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creator type:
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creator of digital collection
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creator:
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Jesse Dade Figgins
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creator type:
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photographer
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description:
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Scenic area where mastodon bones were found near Tucumcari , New Mexico 1930. Photgraph shows sever people in the foreground. The photographer, Jesse Dade Figgins, was director of the museum from 1909 to 1935 and often in the field. Here is documenting a mastodon excavation.
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date:
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1930
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date type:
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date of photograph
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location:
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USA, New Mexico, Quay County
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modified:
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yes, color corrected using Photoshop CS4
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format:
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image/jpg
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file size:
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2.22 MB
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source:
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Original 5 X 7 nitrate negative scanned with Epson Expression 10000X at 500 dpi.
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rights:
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use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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