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Prof. T. F. McIlwraith, assistant director of the Royal Ontario museum's archaeological department, is supervising the work of this scientific party. (...)
Prof. T. F. McIlwraith, assistant director of the Royal Ontario museum's archaeological department, is supervising the work of this scientific party. (...)

Prof. T. F. McIlwraith, assistant director of the Royal Ontario museum's archaeological department, is supervising the work of this scientific party. (...)

Date9/14/1946
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Original Toronto Star caption: Prof. T. F. McIlwraith; assistant director of the Royal Ontario museum's archaeological department; is supervising the work of this scientific party. He is assisted by Miss Margaret Thompson of museum staff. Removal of the soil is a painstaking task
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0002052F
Country:Canada
Province or state:Ontario
Royal Ontario Museum's Desmond Collins thinks mysterious wide-clawed 'killer shrimp' of 500 million years ago were probably not shrimp at all
Royal Ontario Museum's Desmond Collins thinks mysterious wide-clawed 'killer shrimp' of 500 million years ago were probably not shrimp at all
1/20/1993
Royal Ontario Museum's Desmond Collins thinks mysterious wide-clawed 'killer shrimp' of 500 million years ago were probably not shrimp at all
Royal Ontario Museum's Desmond Collins thinks mysterious wide-clawed 'killer shrimp' of 500 million years ago were probably not shrimp at all
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Mr. Paul Sweetman, president of the Ontario Archeological Society, at the Boyd Woodbridge archaeological dig, on the eastern bank of the Humber river, opposite the south end of Boyd Park
Mr. Paul Sweetman, president of the Ontario Archeological Society, at the Boyd Woodbridge archaeological dig, on the eastern bank of the Humber river, opposite the south end of Boyd Park
5/19/1957
Two women, surrounded by rocks, working in the sun.
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5 July 1978
Miss Ruth Marshall at the Boyd Woodbridge archaeological dig with a snake effigy pipe about 600 years old (AD
Miss Ruth Marshall at the Boyd Woodbridge archaeological dig with a snake effigy pipe about 600 years old (AD
5/19/1957
Excavations by Royal Ontario Museum party have uncovered numerous human bones and valuable historical relics
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Don't worry, they're pickled. Dr. E. J. Crossman, head of the Royal Ontario Museum's department of ichthyology and herpetology, checks two sharks he has taken from an alcohol solution. He's making the checks as the museum moves 1 million fish specimens to a warehouse during renovations.
8/26/1977
Ancient evidence: Chris McGowan, curator of the Royal Ontario Museum's vertebrate palaeontology department, and Rev
Ancient evidence: Chris McGowan, curator of the Royal Ontario Museum's vertebrate palaeontology department, and Rev
11/17/1984
D. M. Hall and Walter Kenyon. Principal and museum curator examine find
D. M. Hall and Walter Kenyon. Principal and museum curator examine find
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Mayan Jade Head. Museum will toss for it
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Don Brown of U of T with team recovering remnants at exhibition grounds
Don Brown of U of T with team recovering remnants at exhibition grounds
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