Vessel
Tonan Maru
Vessel
Tonan Maru 2
Vessel
Tonan Maru 3
DateCirca 1930
MediumAlbum; Silver Gelatin Print
Dimensions9 × 11 in. (22.9 × 27.9 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2000.101.26
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionPhoto album named Japanese Whaling in the Antarctic : consisting of 52 black and white photographs, mounted, with brief captions in Japanese, showing comeplete sequence of whaling, processing on factory ships, etc...in the Antarctic Ocean. Compiled by the Japan Aquatic Company, Ltd. Published in Tokyo, circa 1940. According to Bjorn Basberg, the following are the three factory-ships depicted (all sunk during WWII): TONAN MARU, TONAN MARU 2, TONAN MARU 3.On View
Not on view
1725-1960
Goldberg, Benjamin
Circa 1845
1745-1925
Circa 1960
