Dead blackfish on beach

Description (Brief):

black and white stereograph mounted on buff colored cardstock; photograph by J. Freeman; printed on recto "J. Freeman, / Nantucket."; dead blackfish lying on pebbly/sandy beach and in shallow water; men walking among fish in background

Date Made: mid-late 1800s

Associated Place: United States: Massachusetts, Nantucket Island, Nantucket

Subject: Whaling

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2012.3033.0567Nonaccession Number: 2012.3033Catalog Number: 2012.3033.0567

Object Name: stereograph

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

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-456c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1899687

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