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Accession 02-086
United States National Museum. Department of Geology
Field Research Photographs, circa 1909-1924
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of glass plate negatives of specimens from the Burgess Shale in the Rocky Mountains, near Field, British Columbia, Canada, collected by Charles D. Walcott, fourth Smithsonian Secretary. Materials include glass negatives of fossilized remains embedded in shale slabs and illustrations used in publications, as well as lantern slides used to illustrate lectures. Many of the negatives appear to be original photographs possibly created by the Institution's photographer T. W. Smillie.
Index Terms
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Name
- Walcott, Charles D., (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927
- Smillie, Thomas William, 1843-1917
- Resser, Charles Elmer, 1889-1943
- Walcott, Mary Vaux, 1860-1940
- Burgess Slab (Photograph)
Subject
- Formations (Geology) -- British Columbia
- Geology, Stratigraphic
- Fossils
- Paleobiology
- Wild flowers
- Burgess Shale (B.C.)
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 02-086, United States National Museum. Department of Geology, Field Research Photographs