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• Cool Stuff In Image Archives- Bratley Collection

  Posted 08/24/2012 by Library | Comments
  

  Jesse H. Bratley image

  Jesse H. Bratley was born in Brown Town, Wisconsin in 1867. In 1893 he joined the Government Service to be a teacher. Over the next ten years he taught or presided at schools on several Indian Reservations, In the 1890s, Bratley introduced sub-irrigation methods, …
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• Cool Stuff in Image Archives- Fieldwork

  Posted 08/24/2012 by Library | Comments
  

  Golden Eagle Fieldwork

  Museum staff Bailey, Niedrach, and Landberg took several field trips to nearby cliffs in Douglas and Weld County to study the golden eagle circa 1935. They suspended bird blinds to photograph the nest with young chicks.  Imagine using the bumber of this 1938 …
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• Cool Stuff in Image Archives-China and Japan 1870-1910 Part II

  Posted 06/21/2012 by Library | Comments
  

  Expedition to China & Japan 1870-1911, Part II

  A wooden crate containing 34 boxes of glass and nitrate negatives was shipped from an unknown source to the Museum in 1985.  The crate indicated a date of 1907 but paper found inside one of the crates dates to 1870.  The image…
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• Cool Stuff in Image Archives-China and Japan 1870-1910

  Posted 05/24/2012 by Library | Comments
  

  Expedition to China & Japan 1870-1911

  A wooden crate containing 34 boxes of glass and nitrate negatives was shipped from an unknown source to the Museum in 1985.  The crate indicated a date of 1907, but paper found inside the crate was dated 1870. The images are of a trip taken …
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• Cool Stuff in the Image Archive--Expedition Field Truck

  Posted 05/02/2012 by Library | Comments
  

  Museum Field Truck Ready to Go  - 1927

  Museum employee Frank Figgens sits in the driver's seat of a DMNS field truck outside of the Museum before heading out on an expedition sometime around 1927. Field trips took days and sometimes weeks, and stocking up on supplies was essential. N…
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• Cool Stuff in Image Archives- Surreal Nature

  Posted 04/04/2012 by Library | Comments
  

  Can you Find the Water Ouzel Nest? c. 1918-1935

  While the Water Ouzel's nest (also known as American Dippers) is barely seen on the cliff to the right, photographer Robert B. Rockwell unintentionally caught a stunningly beautiful Colorado River scene as well.  Rockwell was an early …
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• Cool Stuff in Image Archives-Two Guys and a Gun

  Posted 03/21/2012 by Library | Comments
  

  Figgins and Reinheimer in the Field - c. 1913-1933

  Museum Director Jesse Dade Figgins and Preparator Philip Reinheimer pose for a photo in a log cabin while out on a specimen-collecting trip in the field likely sometime in the 1920s. While expeditions today rely on computers and cameras, …
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• Cool Stuff In Image Archives-Cottontail with Horns

  Posted 03/02/2012 by Library | Comments
  
  This rabbit, while not part of the collection, was brought to the Museum in the early 1900's for inspection.  According to Head of Zoology and Curator John Demboski, this is caused by a virus related to the family of human Papilloma viruses (HPVs) and thought to be the basis for the Jacka…
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• Cool Stuff in Image Archives - Screech Owl in Tree

  Posted 02/15/2012 by Library | Comments
  

  Taken in photographer Robert Rockwell's backyard, you can almost see the look of surprise on the owl's face.

  Look close enough in the reflection in his eye and you can see the reflection of Rockwell's camera equipment. Volunteer Boyd Fletcher found this image in the Glass Plate Negative c…
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