Newly acquired collection now being restored. (updated Oct 11, 2005) 

Collection examples in restoration display (temporary) at ArtOnWater Gallery in Northfield, Minnesota Oct 2005.
Small gifts to support the restoration are appreciated: ArcheoPaleo, P.O. Box 507, Northfield, MN 55057, thanks...

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1945 drawer liner; perhaps Prof. Osborn (see discussion below) put everything in new order upon his retirement?


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old rock/fossil case


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inventory in progress - Drawer 'D'; note my spreadsheet of details from restoration project; have found interesting specimen labels:

CABINET OF N.H. WINCHELL, "No. 41, Numulite, Pyramids of Egypt";

"Specimens of lava from Vesuvius...H.L.Osborn, 1910";

"No. 419, Fossil Coral, Otego, N.Y; J.H. Frazee, D.D.";

MUSEUM OF HAMLINE UNIVERSITY, "No. 570, 'Lingula melie', Carboniferous, Cayuhoga Shale, Berea, Ohio; F.W. Sardeson, Donor";

and, "GEN. MUSEUM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, No. 1367, Native Copper, Calumet & Hecla, Michigan"


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contemporaneous artifacts on display are from ArcheoPaleo

The following images document the Hamline Collection restoration effort...
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Hamline University, founded in 1854 in Red Wing, Minnesota. Images 1-5 are from Hamline's 150th Anniversary website.
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...first Red Wing building completed in 1855; included a 'laboratory'...
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...1996 excavation of original 1855 building foundation...
[in the panel at the bottom of the page, showing >1<2`3`, CLICK on 2 to continue viewing the rest of the images...]
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