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People stand on the beach by a dead whale

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Six villagers, men, women, and a boy, stand on beach in front the belly of a dead Blue Whale. The fishing village is behind them with a bridge across a body of water. Hills rise behind the village. A long chain extends along the beach from the whale to the bottom of the photograph. Handwritten in black in in the bottom, right-hand corner, [possibly] "MG" or "MC."
Date Published
1891 to 1900
Subjects
Blue whale
Women, White
Men, White
Boys
Villages
Notes
No date; possibly 1890s
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri—Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 18 x 24 cm
Member of
Jacob L. Loose Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_loose_photo-313.tif
Genres
Albumen prints
Black & white photographs
Group portraits
Types
photographs
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections for more information.

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