Title

Sperm whale, Wrightsville Beach, NC, 1928

Description

These photographs are grouped together into the Marine Life subject. Photographs depict several views of "Trouble" the whale in 1928 and one picture of an Octopus specimen. This collection of photographic negatives and prints is made up of the photographs taken and overseen by Herbert Hutchinson Brimley (1861-1946) for the Department of Agriculture, the North Carolina Geological Survey and the State Museum. The photographs in this collection are arranged alphabetically by topic, beginning with Agriculture and ending with World War II.

Contributor

Jennifer Larsen

Creator

Brimley, H.H. (Herbert Hutchinson), 1861-1946

Date

1913-1928

Format

image/jpg

Identifier

PhC42_Bx17_Marine_Life_F2_1

Publisher

State Archives of North Carolina

Source

https://digital.ncdcr.gov/Documents/Detail/marine-life/201774?item=201780

Subject

The subject of this photo is the head end of a dead sperm whale that washed ashore. The whale is on one side of a rope cordon with a large group of well-dressed people on the other side of the rope cordon. The photo looks slightly damaged along the top edge of the image.

Original Format

4x5 Photographic Print