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Title |
Royal Elk Fossil Found in San Mateo County, May 1962 |
Object Name |
Negative |
Description |
Royal Elk Fossils Found in San Mateo County, May 1962. Black and white negative shows a crawler crane and several men holding up a royal elk fossil. The skull with antlers was found by the Haskin Company while excavating in the Laguna Alta peat bog near Pacifica. Part of a series. |
Date |
May 1962 |
Photographer |
Pearl, Norton |
Studio |
Norton Pearl Photography |
Processing Method |
Black and White |
Catalog Number |
2015.001.03141.2 |
Collection |
Archival Collection |
Notes |
A bull elk with six tines is called "royal"; designation as fossil noted by photographer. "Haskin Company" might refer to Buzz Haskins Equipment Co. Inc. in South San Francisco. See article, "Elk Deposit on the San Francisco Peninsula" by Dale R. McCullough. Published in the Journal of Mammalogy, Volume 46, Issue 2, 20 May 1965, Pages 347–348. |
Search Terms |
Construction Equipment |
Subjects |
Elk Fossils Construction Construction workers |
Copyright |
Norton Pearl Photography / San Mateo County Historical Association |
Credit line |
Norton Pearl Photography / San Mateo County Historical Association |