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Carson City,NV - Ormsby County - January 6, 1900 - Mammoth Footprints Photograph :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images Start Price:38.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 100.00 USD
Carson City,NV - Ormsby County - January 6, 1900 - Mammoth Footprints Photograph :
Very nice photo of mammoth footprints in a tunnel leading from the courtyard of the Nevada State Prison in Carson. Photograph measures 3 1/4”x3 1/4”, tan single matte 4 1/4”x 6 1/2”, high contrast, and focus is sharp. There is a minor scratch on the photograph on the upper right hand corner. Photographer is identified as James E. Talmage of Salt Lake City, Utah (not in Mautz). The large tracks in this photo can be clearly seen along with a man posing in the background. The posing man provides excellent perspective for how large these tracks are. Sandstone Quarries from the 1870s uncovered many tracks, perhaps as old as two million years, of mammoth, bison, horse, deer, wolf, birds, as well as some large oblong tracks of uncertain origin. Perhaps a Mylodon, but the shape of the tracks has engendered a great deal of controversy about the possibility of a large human-like creature.