National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923
Physical Description:
9 black-and-white photographs
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 229 Folder 3
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
United States
Howland Island
Date Range:
1966
Start Date:
1966
End Date:
1966
Abstract:
The 9 black-and-white photographs document field work completed on Howland Island. The photographs show a coastline view with a lighthouse, Lesser Frigate and Red-footed Booby colonies, up close views of Brown Booby chick with description of feathers, a Blue-faced Booby on nest with an egg, campsite on the beach, reef at low tide, and two Lesser Frigate eggs (double clutch) with ruler for scale. The images have captions on the reverse side that list location, description, Southern Island Cruise number (SIC 14), photographer (D. L. Pearson), and negative numbers (250, 251, 261, 262, 265, 269, 271, 272, and 274).
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