National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923
Physical Description:
1 folder
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 221 Folder 16
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
United States
Leeward Islands
Pearl and Hermes Atoll
Date Range:
1963, undated
Start Date:
1963
End Date:
1963
Abstract:
The black and white photographs, contact sheets and album pages document field work completed during the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, 1963 and undated. Caption information varies. Some include negative number, date, location and descriptions. Subject matter includes birds and seals of various ages. Photograph album pages include captions that list individuals pictured, location (including part of island), activity, and date information. Photos show the process of disembarking at Pearl and Hermes Reef (February 1963), arrival, setting up camp, camp life, flocks of birds at lagoon, sharks, seals, and turtles.
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