Collection name:

Leonhard Stejneger Papers, 1753, 1867-1943

Physical Description:

47 black-and-white photographs

Physical Location:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation:

Box 28 Folders 1-6

Record type:

Fieldbook record

Object Type:

Field notes

Black-and-white photographs

Place:

Russia

Mednyy, Ostrov

Beringa, ostrov

Glinka

Kamchatka

Tyuleniy, Ostrov

Date Range:

1896

Start Date:

18960700

End Date:

18960800

Abstract:

These black and white photographs mounted on board pertain to Stejneger's extensive study of the fur seals of the North Pacific-Bering Sea. Many of the photographs are dated July or August of 1896. Depicted in these photographs are fur seals, fur seal drives, geographic features, villages, sled dogs, and people. Locations depicted include Robben Island, Kamchatka (Mt. Velienchinski, Petropavlovsk), Bering Island, officially called Ostrov Beringa (North and South Rookery, and Copper Island, officially called Ostrov Mednyy (Glinka and Karabelni). Some or all of these images may be published.

Topic:

Northern fur seal  Search this

Zoologists  Search this

Accession #:

SIA RU007074

Access Information:

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Leonhard Stejneger Papers, 1753, 1867-1943

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Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943

Data Source:

Smithsonian Field Book Project

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI752