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Title
A flying fish of the Pacific Ocean, Catalina Island, California, ca.1910
Date Created and/or Issued
1905/1915
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a flying fish of the Pacific Ocean, Catalina Island, California, ca.1910. The flying fish (family Exocoetidae) is shown from above on a neutral background with its large pectoral fins extended to its sides. The fish is one of any of the species in the family capable of long, out-of-water glides using such fins.
Type
image
Format
1 microfilm frame : negative, b&w
35 mm.
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
19 x 25 cm.
microfilms
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11970
USC-1-1-1-12122 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-6817
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11970
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-6817.jpg
Subject
Fishing
Industry--Fishing
Time Period
1905/1915
Place
California
USA
islands: Catalina Island
Source
1-107-39 [Microfiche number]
6817 [Accession number]
CHS-6817 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
J [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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