The crew of the "Costa Rica Packet" cutting-in a sperm whale, [ca. 1890] [picture].

Condition: Good, some fading, glued to cardboard backing.; Part of collection: Carpenter collection, 1853-1890s.; "Crew 'Costa Rica Packet' cutting up blubber for boiling down"--Handwritten in pencil on backing card below image. "In Dakin book"--Handwritten on backing c...

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Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: [between 1888 and 1891] 1888
Subjects:
Costa Rica Packet (Ship) > Photographs
Offshore whaling > Australia > Photographs
Whalers (Persons) > Australia > Photographs
Whaling ships > Australia > Photographs
Sperm whale
Online Access:http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an23796206
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Summary:Condition: Good, some fading, glued to cardboard backing.; Part of collection: Carpenter collection, 1853-1890s.; "Crew 'Costa Rica Packet' cutting up blubber for boiling down"--Handwritten in pencil on backing card below image. "In Dakin book"--Handwritten on backing card right of image.; Title from published photograph.; Whalemen adventurers : the story of whaling in the Australian waters and other southern seas related thereto, from the days of sails to modern times / William John Dakin. Melbourne : Angus & Robertson, 1938, pl. no. 11, p. 68.

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