Arthur Kochler, wood identification specialist of the Department of Agriculture, says the piece of wood he is holding is 12,000,000 years old. It is a fragment from a fossil log of redwood, 7 feet thick, found by workmen of the Reclamation Service buried 150 feet below the bed of the Yakima River in
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"Arthur Kochler, wood identification specialist of the Department of Agriculture, says the piece of wood he is holding is 12,000,000 years old. It is a fragment from a fossil log of redwood, 7 feet thick, found by workmen of the Reclamation Service buried 150 feet below the bed of the Yakima River in" (1930). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_Kochler,_wood_identification_specialist_of_the_Department_of_Agriculture,_says_the_piece_of_wood_he_is_holding_is_12,000,000_years_old._It_is_a_fragment_from_a_fossil_log_of_redwood,_LCCN2016870889.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 271642.
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