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Object Number
10-61-00/2.6
Display Title
Highest point of terrace west of Lalor Farm, looking southwest
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on photograph (verso): "No 6 Aug. 31st 1910. / Exploration of the Delaware Valley / under direction of Prof. F. W. Putnam / for Peabody Mus. of Cambridge Mass. / by Ernest Volk. / View. Looking S.W. showing the highest / point on the terrace west of the Lalor Farm / The new trench working the high point, the / man digging its yellow loam which is called / Maulding Sand and is sold to Foundreies in / Trenton N.J. The pick is resting on the top of the / sand deposit."
Department
Photographic
Date
August 31, 1910
Artist
Ernest W. Volk
Culture
- Pre-Columbian Eastern North American styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Jersey
/
Mercer County
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Trenton
/
Abbott Farm Complex
/
Lalor Farm
Additional Geographic Terms
Delaware Valley, west of Lalor Farm
Materials
Print, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 12.7 × 17.78 cm (5 × 7 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Peabody Museum Expedition, F. W. Putnam, Director, 1910
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