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Title
Agate chama shell: Chama arcana (illustration from "The Ocean World")
Creator
Hinton, Sam (1917-2009)
Date Created and/or Issued
between 1958 and 1986
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
Sam Hinton Papers
Rights Information
Under copyright
Constraint(s) on Use: This work is protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Use of this work beyond that allowed by "fair use" requires written permission of the UC Regents. Permission may be obtained from the UC San Diego Library program having custody of the work. Responsibility for obtaining permissions and any use and distribution of this work rests exclusively with the user and not the UC San Diego Library.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Rights Holder and Contact
UC Regents
Description
This original drawing was created by Scripps Institution of Oceanography marine biologist and artist Sam Hinton, and appeared in a San Diego, California weekly newspaper column titled "The Ocean World." The column featured Hinton's illustrations of sea animals, fish, plants, and birds and was intended to spark interest in marine biology and educate the public.
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
This digital image is a surrogate of an item from the Sam Hinton Papers (MSS 683).
Type
image
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb4369638b
Language
English
Subject
Cardiidae
Marine biology
Clams
Natural history illustration
Secret jewelbox
California
Chama arcana
The Ocean World, The San Diego Union
Place
California

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