Bearded Seal Lauch

lantern slide

PHOTOGRAPHS - LANTERN SLIDES
MacMillan, Donald B. (Admiral)
Greenland, Etah
1914-06
glass
overall: 3 1/4 x 4 in.

One of 33 glass plate negatives from the New York State Education Department - Visual Instruction Division. Bound with black tape, matted and identified on the matting in gold block letters "NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / VISUAL INSTRUCTION DIVISION". Reverse labeled with two printed labels. Upper label: "New York State Education Department / Visual Instruction Division / Negative No. / # 1258-"; lower label: "Fu / G I / Arctic Region. Greenland. Bearded Seal / (Erignathus barbatus) on the Ice; Gasoline / Lauch. Ig-loo-da-houny (about 30 miles / south of Etah). From MacMillian Negative. / (June 1914)". Colorized. Image depicts bearded seal laying next to spear stuck in the ice; canoe in background. Overall excellent condition. Overall: 3 1/4 x 4 in.

2021.11.4