Motorcycle Sidecar
Winifred Goldring in a motorcycle sidecar during field research. E.J. Stein, who took the photograph, acted as her driver and assistant in the field. The exactly year and location of the photograph is not known, but it is thought to be from before 1928. Stein was a draftsman and photographer for the museum from 1924 until his death in 1938.
E. J. Stein
New York State Museum
Likely mid-1920s
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New York State Museum
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The New Devonian Forest
This is an artistic rendering of the Devonian forest by Kristen Wyckoff of the Gilboa Museum, based on instructions by Dr. Stein, a current New York State Museum paleontologist and spokesperson for the team of scientists who recently made new discoveries about the Gilboa fossil record.
Kristen Wyckoff
Gilboa History Museum
04/2012
Kristen Wyckoff
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Gilboa Forest Exhibit- Black and White Print
The Gilboa Forest exhibit was the State Museum's largest display. It was 36 feet wide, 25-30 feet tall, and 16-18 feet deep. Running water added sound, giving it a sense of realism. Goldring sent images such as this to her colleagues and friends to show them the exhibit. She also sent prints to the engineers who had collaborated with the museum to retrieve the fossils. The exhibit opened in 1925 to the general public and became very popular. When the New York State Museum moved to its current location in the 1970s, the exhibit was permanently taken down.
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New York State Museum
New York State Museum
New York State Museum
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New York State Museum
Devonian
Gilboa
1923-1976
Fossil Handbook Cover Illustration
The inside cover illustration from Winifred Goldring's <em>Handbook of Paleontology for Beginners and Amateurs, Part 1: The Fossils</em>, published by the New York State Museum in 1929. The second volume dealt with stratigraphy and rock formations. Goldring revised and republished the set in 1950.
New York State Museum
The University of the State of New York, Albany, NY.
1929, 1950
University of the State of New York
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New York State
Modern Gilboa Fossil Display - Slice of Goldring
As of the time of this exhibit, May 2012, the New York State Museum has a pillar display about the Gilboa fossils that compares Goldring's interpretation of the Devonian forest to recent interpretations by museum staff. This image shows a partial photograph of the old forest panorama, as well as part of the fossil displayed around the corner. The text on the panel says "1924 depiction of the Gilboa forest as envisioned by New York State Museum paleobotanist Winifred Goldring."
New York State Museum
03/2012-05/2012
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Notes 1938
Excerpt from one of Goldring's field notebooks. The outside cover reads:
"New York State Museum
Albany
Field Notebook No. 16."
The inside cover of the notebook reads:
"Hamilton with G. A. Cooper
Jul. 24- Sept. 5 1938
Port Jervis to Catskill; through Corsackie area, Helderberg's, Schoharie Valley west to region around Hamilton (north, west, and south)"
This particular set of pages describes the geology and fossil content of a series of road cuts, some along a railroad (labeled "R.R.").
Winifred Goldring
New York State Museum
New York State Museum
07/24/1938-09/05/1938
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Upstate New York
1938
Gaspé Notebook, Page 18
The cover of this notebook reads, "N. Y. State Geological Survey, Albany." The work contained is from Goldring's 1922 trip to the Gaspé region of Canada. The page demonstrates the incorporation of sketches into Goldring's field notes, a common practice in geology and paleontology. On this page, Goldring describes irregular changes in rock slope, material, and color due to a fault.
Winifred Goldring
New York State museum
1922
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Gaspé, Ontario, Canada
1922
Goldring Notes Concerning Roadside Exhibit
Page one of a long document announcing the new roadside exhibit, likely a rough draft.
Winifred Goldring
New York State Museum
1928
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Eospermatopteris
This sketch was known as a restoration - the application of scientific study to create an interpretation that 'restores' the once-living plant that a fossil represents.
Winifred Goldring
New York State Museum
1924
New York State Museum
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Geologic Timescale
Simple scale showing the division and chronology of geologic time as it is understood in North America. The Devonian Period occurred from roughly 410-360 million years ago, though opinions differ on the exact years.
Decade of North American Geology
United States Geological Survey, National Park Service, Department of the Interior
2000
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North America, Prehistory