Gervais' Beaked Whale Specimen with Onlookers Gathered Around

ID: SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-4966]

Creator: United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory

Form/Genre: Glass negatives

Date: 1889

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-007, Box 024, Image No. MNH-4966

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Summary

Outside the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, with onlookers.

Subject

  • United States National Museum
  • United States National Museum Division of Mammals
  • Arts and Industries Building (Washington, D.C.)

Notes

Gervais' beaked whale [Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855)]. North Atlantic Ocean. USNM A 23346.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-007, Box 024, Image No. MNH-4966

Repository Loc.

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

Date

1889

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Topic

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

Form/Genre

Glass negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-4966]

Physical description

8 x 10;

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