Date1912-1915
MediumLantern Slide
Dimensions3 1/4 × 3 1/4 in. (8.3 × 8.3 cm)
Donor credit line Gift of Michael C. Stone, DMD, Boston, Ma, 1998.
Object number2000.100.2359
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionGlass Lantern Side: Inscribed by hand with title, "Cutting up whales. Seven Islands, North Shore, Prov[ince] of Quebec, Can[ada]." Photographer unknown, circa 1912-15. "From Newfoundland, [whaling] operations spread to include the gulf of St. Lawrence, where whales had been observed by seal trappers. In May 1911 the Norwegian-Canadian Whaling Co. was set up for the purpose of catching whales. An old and abandoned plants was purchased on the Seven Islands (Sept Iles), on the north side of the Gulf, from which whaling was carried out in 1912-15 with an annual average yield of 3,450 barrels of oil and an equal number of sacks of guano. After an unsuccessful attempt in the final year to combine whaling with sealing, the station was closed, on suspicion of having traded with the [World War 1] enemy. The entire plant was sold in 1921 for $1,400." (Tonnessen & Johnsen, 1982, 108)
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Circa 1992
1725-1960
1745-1925
Circa 1992
Circa 1992
Alexander (Steam Bark)
