H69.459.2163

Green River Side Cut, Showing Rock in Which Fish and Leaves are Found
1869
5 HIGH x 8 WIDE x 0.125 DEEP
(12.7 HIGH x 0.32 DEEP)
Museum Purchase
H69.459.2163

"183 Green River side cut showing Rock in which fish and leaves are found," inscribed in emulsion along top edge.

Photograph. Title: 183 Green River side cut showing rock in which fish and leaves are found (scratched on negative) Image Description: (s183) See title. Physical Description: Stereographic collodion glass plate negative, 5"X8". Sub. Cat.: Transportation -- Railroads Remarks: Title from Prof. S.J. Sedgwick's "Catalogue": Side Cutting, Green River.

"As the Union Pacific excavated a road bed for the new track, they discovered a wealth of fossil material. The Green River Basin proved to be a rich source of fossils for the next 150 years. http://www.nps.gov/fobu/photosmultimedia/Green-River-Formation-Fossils.htm. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_River_Formation. See the many photographs of construction along the Green River." Remarks per Glenn Willumson for the NEA Russell Grant, July 2013 - June 2015.

Public Domain Mark
This work (by Andrew J. Russell), identified by Oakland Museum of California, is free of known copyright restrictions.

Used: Union Pacific Railroad

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