Young Fossil Hunters. A group of boy paleontologists from Hayward, Calif. search gravel stratas in their hunt for fossils. Every Saturday the young scientists, ranging in age from nine to 20, go looking for fossils in the California Hills. They have found many valuable specimens. Their latest find is the skull of a million-year old extinct camel. They gave dug up enough specimens to be written up in a 300-gae thesis at the University of California.

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Title:
Young Fossil Hunters. A group of boy paleontologists from Hayward, Calif. search gravel stratas in their hunt for fossils. Every Saturday the young scientists, ranging in age from nine to 20, go looking for fossils in the California Hills. They have found many valuable specimens. Their latest find is the skull of a million-year old extinct camel. They gave dug up enough specimens to be written up in a 300-gae thesis at the University of California.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Fossil
Photographer:
Wide World Photos, Inc.
Name on Item:
Wide World
Date:
[ca. January 1949]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Fossils
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 230 x 184 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/bv73g097q
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001199_0010
Barcode:
39999088103237