DateCirca 1917
MediumSilver Gelatin Print
Dimensions3 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (8.9 × 12.1 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2000.101.75
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionPhotograph of three men hosing down and preparing to strip a whale at Akutan Whaling Station. A man looks on holding a large stick. Two men can be seen in the far left through the mist from the hose.The Akutan Whaling Station was built in the Aleutians East Borough of Alaska by the Pacific Whaling Company in 1912, operating until 1939.
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