Dead blackfish on a beach

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Description (Brief):

black and white stereograph mounted on buff colored cardstock; photograph by J. Freeman; handwritten on verso "Blackfish / Gift of Est. of Dr. Wm. Sturgis Bigelow / 4 June 1927"; printed on recto "J. Freeman, / Nantucket."; image of dead blackfish lying on beach, three in foreground lie perpendicular to remaining group; men seated sporadically on the dead fish; single masted sail boat anchored offshore in background

Date Made: mid-late 1800s

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Nantucket Island

Subject: MenWhalingSailing Ships

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2012.3033.0554Nonaccession Number: 2012.3033Catalog Number: 2012.3033.0554

Object Name: stereograph

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 7 in; 8.89 cm x 17.78 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-5117-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1899674

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