Hall of Geology and Invertebrate Paleontology geological museum photographs, 1910-1952.

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Hall of Geology and Invertebrate Paleontology geological museum photographs, 1910-1952.

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Photographs documenting the former arrangement of the old Geological Hall and the plans for rearranging this collection into the Hall of Geology and Invertebrate Paleontology. Shows rock specimen exhibits, the New Zealand and Pennsylvania section, plant history of the earth section, wall cases containing sponges and sea fans, and views of the "sparker" which was an attempt to use ultra-violet light on minerals to determine their fluorescence. Photographs were taken by Edmund O. Hovey, J. Otis Wheelock, Julius Kirchner, Thane L. Bierwert, Charles H. Coles, Leon Boltin, Alex J. Rota, and Hugh S. Rice. Photographs are identified.

33 photonegatives : b&w glass.17 photonegatives : b&w.10 photoprints : b&w mounted on file cards.35 photoprints : b&w mounted on file cards.

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American Museum of Natural History

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Wheelock, J. Otis.

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Boltin, Leon.

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Bierwert, Thane L.

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Rice, Hugh S. (Hugh Smith), 1891-

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Kirchner, Julius

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Coles, Charles H.

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Hovey, Edmund Otis, 1862-1924

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Rota, Alex J.

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