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Crowd viewing a 20-foot basking shark caught by fishermen in Long Beach, Calif., 1955

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Title: Crowd viewing a 20-foot basking shark caught by fishermen in Long Beach, Calif., 1955
Date Created and/or Issued: November 20, 1955
1955-11-20
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: HARPOONED SEA GIANT-- huge basking shark which was harpooned and brought ashore at Pierpont Landing, Long Beach, by three fishermen. The shark measures 20 feet 10 inches and weighs 2000 pounds.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b257_95979
ark:/21198/zz0002t8nm
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Spectators--California--Long Beach
Fishing--California--Long Beach
Basking shark
Animals
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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