Portrait of S. Neal Vivian with Fossilized Bison Skull at National Museum of Natural History
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Creator: Connolly, Vincent P
Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Date: 1975
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: June 1975, Image No. 75-4509
S. Neal Vivian of Crosby, Minnesota, worked for the John A. Savage Mining Company at the Sagamore Mine in Riverton, Minnesota in 1918, when the company geologist discovered a large group of vertebrate fossils. He assisted in in collecting the fossil bison, among other items, and packed them for shipment to the Smithsonian.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: June 1975, Image No. 75-4509
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Fossils
Black-and-white photographs
SIA RU000371 [75-4509]
Gelatin silver prints; 8 x 10;