Unidentified photographs of the North Pacific and Bering Sea area

Related Titles

Contained In: Leonhard Stejneger Papers, 1753, 1867-1943

Series: SIA RU007074

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1882-1916

Notes

This item consists of a photo album containing black-and-white photographs of Bering Island (Ostrov Beringa), Copper Island (Ostrov Mednyy), and other locations near the North Pacific and Bering Sea region taken by Colonel Woloshinov, and a folder with 10 additional photograph, possibly removed from the album. Photos in the folder lack credit information and captions. Photos depict the local men and women of these areas, fur seals, hauling grounds, geographic features, rookeries, and fur seal slaughtering. Included with the album is a 3 page list of descriptions for each plate. Some or all of these photographs may be published.

Subjects

Beringa, ostrov , Black-and-white photographs , Field notes , Mednyy, Ostrov , Northern fur seal , Russia , Zoologists

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.113726
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51389988