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Old Fossils New Fads (Outtakes)

Natural History Museum

Object Details

Collection Creator

Harris, Robert King, 1912-1980

Collection Citation

Robert King Harris films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Scope and Contents

Outtakes from a Television broadcast produced by the Jamieson Film Company of Dallas, Texas for "Texas in Review," a series sponsored by Humble Oil. Footage documents the work of amateur archeologist Robert King Harris, an engineer with the Texas and Pacific Railroad and President of the Dallas Archeological Society. Shown is an archeological site being excavated, pottery pieces being matched, a pot being reconstructed using plaster of paris, and cataloging using the "map and plot" method. This film forms part of the Robert King Harris Papers in the National Anthropological Archives.
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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9b6f758e9-517b-45ac-973d-39060a799beb

Local Number

HSFA 1992.7.2

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Robert King Harris films

Extent

1 Film reel (black-and-white silent; 350 feet, 16mm)

Date

circa 1955

Archival Repository

Human Studies Film Archives

Type

Archival materials
Film reels

Collection Rights

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Collection Restrictions

The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
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Record ID

ebl-1633051831183-1633051831189-0

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