Men Cutting into Sperm Whale on Starboard Side of Whaler CALIFORNIA, 1903

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Black and white photograph of starboard side of whaler CALIFORNIA cutting into a whale. Several men on cutting stage. Identical to photo in copyrighted series which has caption: "8. Cutting in a sperm whale / Hoisting and cutting as the Whale rolls over and over.." See Cutting in a Whale, a series of twenty-five photographs taken aboard bark CALIFORNIA. Copyrighted 1903 by H. S. Hutchinson & Co., New Bedford, MA. See 1947.1596.