Fossil Excavation in Florida

Summary

Exploratory fossil excavation near Melbourne Florida. A local resident (C. P. Singleton) had found fossil bones and human remains, apparently of Pleistocene age, in close proximity in the area. He reported the find to the United States National Museum and in mid-1925, James Gidley of the USNM, and Frederick Loomis of Amherst College were sent to investigate. Loomis, Singleton, and Gidley met in Melbourne and spent six weeks carefully excavating three local sites. This picture is believed to have been taken by Gidley in mid-1925. He returned for further excavations through 1930.

Subject

• United States National Museum
• United States National Museum Department of Paleontology
• Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 12-492, Image No. SIA2012-2787

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

1925

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Topic

Fossils

Place

Melbourne (Fla.)

Form/Genre

Lantern slides

Local number

SIA Acc. 12-492 [SIA2012-2787]

Physical description

4 x 3.25;

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