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Whale skeleton (City of Long Beach Museum at Colorado Lagoon, Long Beach), 1954

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Title	Whale skeleton (City of Long Beach Museum at Colorado Lagoon, Long Beach), 1954
Description	3 images. Whale skeleton (City of Long Beach Museum at Colorado Lagoon, Long Beach), 19 February 1954. Whale drifted dead on strand in 1897; Ross McKee; Joe Rahl; Dick Glasco; Dr. M. Dale Arvey (Assistant Professor of Zoology, Long Beach State College); Claude McFaddin (City Recreation Department).; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Emery. Date: 1954-02-19. Reporter: Emery to rw. Assignment: Whale skeleton (City of Long Beach museum piece, at Colorado Lagoon, Long Beach). 41: Zoologist and city recreatn [sic] dpt. crewmen tackle job of renovating ancient skeleton of 60-ton whale, a prized trophy owned by City of Long Beach since whale drifted dead on strand there May 20, 1897. Group of three at left background, l to r: Ross McKee, Joe Rahl, Dick Glasco. Group of two, foreground, l to r: Dr. M. Dale Arvey, asst. prof. of zoology at Long Beach State College; Claude McFaddin of city recreation dpt. 70: Dr. Arvey (with humerus bone of whale); beyond him is McFaddin. 30: l to r: McFaddin & Dr. Arvey pondering problem of refurbishing dusty relic".
Geographic Subject	museum buildings: Long Beach Museum
Geographic Subject (City or Populated Place)	Long Beach
Geographic Subject (County)	Los Angeles
Geographic Subject (State)	California
Geographic Subject (Country)	USA
Coverage date	1954-02-19
Photographer	Emery
Publisher (of the Digital Version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1954-02-19
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	3 photographs: negatives, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographs
Language	English
Sleeve Number	11042-017
Legacy Record ID	examiner-m22772
Part of subcollection	Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
Part of collection	Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961
Rights	University of Southern California
Access Conditions	Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu; phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343
Repository Name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository Email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	EXM-N-11042-017~1; EXM-N-11042-017~2; EXM-N-11042-017~3

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Archival file	examiner_Volume131/EXM-N-11042-017~1.tiff

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