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 224 Folder 10
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
United States
Midway Islands
Date Range:
1962-1969
Start Date:
1962
End Date:
1969
Abstract:
The black and white photographs document field work completed during the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program on Midway Island, December, February 1963 and undated. Images have captions on the reverse side including location (including island), description, date. Subject matter covers participants taking blood samples and skinning birds (Blagden and Amerson), candid images of participants working on island, structures (including runway) and terrain of island, USS Moctobi, and a storm in Midway Harbor. There is a photograph of a bird, credited to the US Naval Air Station, Midway.
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