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
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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
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North America, Prehistory
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
Linda VanAller Hernick
New York State Museum
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Ruler
A close-up of Goldring's ruler. Her name is carved into the wood.
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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
Magnifiers
This is the top portion of page three of a Bausch & Lomb "Magnifiers and Readers" catalog. Exact year is unknown, but it probably in the 1922-1925 range.
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1922-1925
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1939 Specimen Photos from Frank M. Swartz
These photos were attached to a brief letter written in October of 1939 by colleague Frank M. Swartz.
"I was glad to hear that the specimens reached you safely, and I wish to thank you again for the loan of them. I am enclosing copies of the photos I prepared, together with copies of the photos you sent me last year.
I was especially pleased to see the small spines of the anterior limb of the [thoracai?] segments (see photo.) These are less divergent than in the [Sherwin?] material. There are a whole series of small differences between the New Scotland and [Sherwin?] forms, so that I am inclined to regard them as distinct species."
The writing on the page of photos is probably his, though it is hard to tell.
New York State Archives
10/1939
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1939
A Few Goldring Books
Goldring's Handbook of Paleontology and her monograph about Crinoids are some of her most significant published works. Her work on the Gilboa fossils was widely popular as well.
New York State Museum
1923-1929
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