Ref NoLDGSL/346
TitlePhotograph of the OGM meeting on the exposure of the Piltdown fraud
Date30 Jun 1954
LevelItem
Extent1 item
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionBlack and white photograph of the Ordinary General Meeting, held on 30 June 1954, where the Piltdown skull was proved to be a fraud.
ProvenanceOriginally the folder only contained a photocopy, however a copy of the original photograph was received from Nancy Tupholme in 1993, as part of the research conducted by Wallace Pitcher with a view for a new history of the Society. For ease of use, it has been placed here.
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LanguageEnglish
Publication NoteAssociated Newspaper photograph, taken 30 June 1954, and published in article "Skull hoax aids march of science", 'Daily Mail', 1 July 1954. See slides, 84/98-99.
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray, revised by Caroline Lam
SubjectScientific frauds
Piltdown Man
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