Geology and Biology

Hugo Ballin

1934, History of Science murals, Griffith Observatory. Photograph by Anthony Cook. Text excerpt from John Mosley's The Hugo Ballin Murals of the Griffith Observatory

An old man symbolic of geology holds a card showing mineral crystals. Through a microscope a biologist studies life, with a chicken embryo, plant, and crab below. A man symbolizing paleontology shows a saber-toothed cat skull, with a fish skeleton below.

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