Prof. Chas. W. Gilmore, Dinosaur egg casts, 7/29/24 – Historic Photograph Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Prof. Chas. W. Gilmore, Dinosaur egg casts, 7/29/24, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Prof. Chas. W. Gilmore, Dinosaur egg casts, 7/29/24
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Plaster casts of dinosaur eggs, rather than the fossils themselves, are the subject of this 1924 view of Charles W. Gilmore, a paleontologist at the Smithsonian's United States National Museum. Gilmore was known for his studies of dinosaur skeletons, and in the 1920s fossil eggs from Central Asia drew wide public interest after expeditions in the Gobi Desert reported finding them. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio that documented government work and public life in the capital, made the glass negative, which preserves how museum scientists displayed and studied these fragile finds. The title comes from the studio's own labeling, so the exact occasion is not recorded.
| Created / published | [19]24 July 29. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch six. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,920 × 4,250 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-255332 |
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