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Title: Abandoned whaling station, Post Office Bay, Galapagos Islands, 1961 Accession Number: 2002.35.646 Category: PHOTOGRAPHS - 35 MM SLIDES Type: 35mm color slide Maker: Langford, Richard E. Place: Ecuador, Galápagos Date: 1960-1961 Materials: Description: 35mm color slide from voyage of brigantine ALBATROSS 1960-1961; photographed by Richard E. Langford who was a teacher aboard the vessel when it sank May 2, 1961; he used slides in this collection (2002.35.1-657) for lectures about the sinking. The following description of this slide is part of a transcription of a videotaped lecture from Richard Langford Collection AV 193:2002-5,6: [TCR 03:07:23 ]: “Anyway, the mission failed, and they didn’t get any whales, and I guess they all went back to Norway. [Whaling venture by Norwegians, Post Office Bay, Galapagos Islands.]” |
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