Dr. Truman H. Aldrich Sr. at Woods Bluff near the Tombigbee River, 1930 August 13
Scope and Contents note
180 photographs depicting World War II; Walter Jones and others in New Guinea; limestone in New Guinea; Tannehill State Park Bicentennial event; Representative Walter Flowers at Tannehill; diagrams of types of shells; Jones family; Cedars Farm in Huntsville, Alabama; ships and boats in New Guinea; landscapes and vegetation in New Guinea; view from Cameron Plateau near Milne Bay in New Guinea; Dobodura Airfield in Papua New Guinea; Spring Cave and other caves in Madison County, Alabama; scenes at The University of Alabama; and Tannehill Iron Mine.
Dates
- Creation: 1930 August 13
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Extent
1.0 item (1 Gelatin Developing-out Paper)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General note
Description on back: Dr. Truman Hemingway Aldrich, Sr., collecting fossils at Woods Bluff, August 13, 1930. During his lifetime, Dr. Aldrich visited Woods Bluff many times and described numerous new species from this celebrated Tombigbee River locality.
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository