Boat Load of Eggs of the Eider Duck

lantern slide

PHOTOGRAPHS - LANTERN SLIDES
MacMillan, Donald B. (Admiral)
Greenland
1914-07
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. / # 12575"; lower label: "Fu / G Y / Arctic Region. Greenland. Boat Load of / Eggs of the Eider Duck. Eider Duck island, / off Greenland coast. From MacMillan nega- / tive (July 1914)". Image depicts the body of a small ice boat filled with Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) eggs. Overall excellent condition. Overall: 3 1/4 x 4 in.

2021.11.16