Title |
Emory John--Fifty Years A Collector |
Identifier |
emory.xml |
Subject |
John, Emory Wilson, 1871-1954; Archaeology--Utah; Fossils--Collection and preservation; Paleontology--Utah; Indians of North America--Antiquities |
Description |
Album put together by Frank A. Beckwith, detailing the life of Emory John and his hobby as an amateur archaeologist and paleontologist, collecting fossils in Utah |
Personal Names |
John, Emory Wilson, 1871-1954; Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951 |
Spatial Coverage |
Millard County (Utah) |
Creator |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951 |
Publisher |
Hosted by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Date |
1949 |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
Album "Emory John--Fifty Years A Collector" 1898-1949. |
Language |
eng |
Rights Management |
Digital image copyright 2003, Beckwith Family. All rights reserved |
Holding Institution |
Delta City Library |
Source Physical Dimensions |
23cm x 29cm |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6z064bm |
Setname |
dc_bpc |
ID |
126242 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z064bm |
Title |
John, Emory |
Identifier |
13ej_p10.tif |
Subject |
Fossils; Collectors; Indians of North America |
Description |
This photo was taken at about his 78th birthday. He has gathered topazes; jasper; chalcedony; quartz crystals; geodes and whatever else he liked. |
OCR Text |
Show 10 Emory foundnumber of Orria elegans of which one of the best specimens 1s plotured at the left after some restoring He found it ascast or tmpression then took it to dentist hadhard plager cast made from that mould The cast wasgood reproduction harp and deltcate See page 179 hat he found vas the thoracic segments an pyeldivm enly onploce of black 1ime of fine grain md holiing fine deteils But the errire heal cephhdon was missing had the dentist exterd the plaste out an inch so thatcould whittle out withpen knife as besteovld the form of the head for that cize using an illustration from he Smithsonian Institulon asguide This iscopy after restoration The height of the restored trilobite is nearly three inches so that this photo slightly ssaller than the original This isvery fine speeimen Hmory sold five whole one not over two inches long for 10 00 each Note spectally that each thoracic segment bearssmall spine In the f1lustration given by the Smithsonian their specimen lacks these srines 5o rare are perfect specimens that oven the Smithsonian had to restore the free chesks of the form it illustrates from other free cheeks Orria elesans is in the higher part of the Middle Cambrian fount in the higher cliffs Fmory ami his brother barclay left goot size pile of second quality Orrie up on vop which they found one day but vere umilling to tote back to the car as 1t was Beckwith Family All rights reserved Lt oy oDigital mage 2003 |
Personal Names |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951 |
Contributors |
John, Emory Wilson, 1871-1954 |
Type |
Image |
Format |
application/pdf |
Format Creation |
image/tiff |
Relation |
Frank Asahel Beckwith Collection |
Coverage |
Utah |
Source Material |
Emory John Album |
Archival Resolution |
Archival TIFF: 3000 x 4600 |
Low Resolution |
JPEG: 800 x 600 |
Bit Depth |
8-bit |
Scanning Device |
Creo-Scitex Eversmart Jazz+ flatbed scanner |
Setname |
dc_bpc |
ID |
124352 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z064bm/124352 |