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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a seaman on the deck of a schooner holding, by the wing, a gooney bird (blackfoot albatross), ca.1900-1930. The vessel is somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. The bird has the tail of the man's jacket in his beak. Another gooney bird stands on the deck looking on. Four masts in full sail are visible behind him. An albatross cannot fly except from water.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w 17 x 22 cm.,13 x 18 cm., 15 x 20 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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