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 number2000.101.84
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA whale carcass with its head being severed from body at Akutan Whaling Station. A man separates sinews while another stretches watching.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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