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 number2000.101.81
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionThe carcass of a whale calf with umbilical cord still attached laid out at Akutan Whaling Station. The bay in background and the top half of an oil cask seen resting below the platform.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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