Minke Whale Skull (Dorsal View)

ID: SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-2553]

Creator: United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory

Form/Genre: Glass negatives

Date: 1880

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-007, Box 010, Image No. MNH-2553

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Subject

  • Scammon, Charles Melville 1825-1911
  • United States National Museum
  • United States National Museum Division of Mammals

Notes

  • Skull, minke whale [Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacepede]. Collected by C.M. Scammon, October 1870. North Pacific Ocean. USNM A 12177.
  • Stabilized broken glass negative.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-007, Box 010, Image No. MNH-2553

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1880
  • 1880s

Restrictions & Rights

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  • No Copyright - United States

Topic

  • Zoology
  • Whales
  • Collection and preservation
  • Zoological specimens--Collection and preservation

Form/Genre

Glass negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-2553]

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