"Sperm whaling, Grinding blubber spades"
hand colored lantern slide
PHOTOGRAPHS - LANTERN SLIDESMurphy, Robert Cushman
USA, MA, New Bedford
circa 1913
glass
4 x 3-1/4 in.
Hand colored lantern slide; photograph by Robert Cushman Murphy while on brig DAISY, circa 1913; handwritten on slide, "Sperm whaling; Grinding blubber spades".
1973.189.41