Field photographs, undated

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Abstract

This item consists of 48 black-and-white field photographs by William A. Oliver. No dates or localities are provided, but some of the images have been identified as being taken at Falls of the Ohio in either Indiana or Kentucky, in 1957. Photographs are images of coral fossils with items for scale, as well as wide shots of collection site and surrounding area. There are also some photographs of people collecting and digging.

Date Range

1957

Start Date

1957

End Date

1957

Access Information

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Topic

  • Corals
  • Paleontology

Place

  • Indiana
  • United States
  • Kentucky

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes
  • Black-and-white photographs

Accession #

SIA Acc. 11-060

Collection name

Curatorial correspondence and memoranda, 1949-2005

Physical Description

48 photographs

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives