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Bat specimen brought back by a team of U.S.C. scientists from their exploration of the Gulf of Lower California, Los Angeles, February 21, 1940

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Title: Bat specimen brought back by a team of U.S.C. scientists from their exploration of the Gulf of Lower California, Los Angeles, February 21, 1940
Date Created and/or Issued: February 21, 1940
1940-02-21
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Bat specimen brought back by a team of University of Southern California scientists from their exploration of the Gulf of Lower California on U.S.C.’s Velero III cruiser. The expedition was captained by Allan Hancock, president of the U.S.C. board of trustees, and included a team of three zoologists, an ornithologist, a botanist, an ichthyologist, a parasitologist, a scientific artist, a photographer, a collector, and an official observer for the Mexican government. The team brought back several thousands of specimens including birds, fish, mammals, algae, and parasites.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Expedition - G. Allen Hancock to Gulf of Lower California; Ashcraft, Grenville P.; Specimens collected - birds, etc. (Feb. 1940)
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Allan Hancock Expedition
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz002804f2
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Specimens
Education
Expeditions & surveys--California
Bats
Animals
Science
University of Southern California
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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