Dinosaur Skeleton Exposed in Dinosaur Quarry, Utah
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Creator: Douglass, Earl 1862-1931
Form/Genre: Lantern slides
Date: 1922
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 12-492, Image No. SIA2012-2788
Large dinosaur skeleton in what is now Dinosaur National Monument being excavated by collectors from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. The Carnegie Museum excavated in the area between 1909 and 1922, at which time they abandoned operations. The United States National Museum (now the National Museum of Natural History) began excavating in the area in 1923.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 12-492, Image No. SIA2012-2788
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
1922
Dinosaur National Monument (Colo. and Utah)
Lantern slides
SIA Acc. 12-492 [SIA2012-2788]
4 x 3.25;