Fossil Hunter. Lester Kent, Jr., of Hayward, Calif., One of the group of Hayward boys--ages nine to 20-- who go fossil hunting every Saturday, examines some of the valuable specimens he has dug up, in storage shed behind his home. He is looking at mammoth molars and palate. At left is part of mammoth tusk still partly imbedded in rock. at lower right is a mammoth leg bone. Lester, who is 20, is the oldest of the group, and is seriously thinking about taking up paleontology as a career.

Wide World Photos, Inc. · [ca. January 1949]

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