"Sperm Whaling, Head & Jaw"

hand colored lantern slide

PHOTOGRAPHS - LANTERN SLIDES
Murphy, 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/ Head & Jaw"; head and jaw being hauled aboard vessel; Black whalemen.

1973.189.48