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"Gass Tablet". No. 1
Object Number 77-16-10/11282.1.1
Display Title "Gass Tablet". No. 1
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: The Gass Tablets, No. 1. From Mound No. 3, Cook's Farm, near Davenport, Iowa. Found Jan. 10, 1877 by Rev. J. Gass. From Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences. (verso, stamped) Hastings, White & Fisher, Photographers, And Dealers in Chromes, Engravings and Frames of every description; All work first class. 324 Brady St., Davenport, Iowa. "Sign of the Golden Camera."
Keywords
  • Archaeological
  • Writing and Record
Subject
  • Tablet
Department Photographic
Date 1877
Artist Hastings, White and Fisher Studio
Culture
  • Prairie
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Iowa / Scott County / Davenport
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 33.0201 × 26.0351 cm (13 × 10 1/4 in.)

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