H69.459.452

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Andrew J. Russell

Side Cutting

1869

glass

3.25 HIGH x 3.25 WIDE x 0.125 DEEP
(8.25 HIGH x 0.32 DEEP)

Museum Purchase

H69.459.452

inscription: "183 Side Cutting," handwritten in ink at bottom left and bottom center on lantern slide edge.

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History

"#183 Side cutting" Snow tracks with standing man. Old number may be Russell negative number. See donor file.

"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.

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

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