Photographs of Copper Island

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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

1895-1896

Notes

These black and white photographs mounted on fabric pertain to Stejneger's extensive study of the fur seals of the North Pacific-Bering Sea. 4 photographs are panoramas. Depicted in these photographs are fur seals, sea lions, geographic features, and rookeries. Locations depicted include Kuril Islands, officially called Kuril'skiye Ostrova, North Rookery on Bering Island, officially called Beringa, ostrov, Robben reef, and possibly Copper Island, officially called Mednyy, Ostrov. Photographs of Bering Island are dated July 4, 1895 and stamped by the U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries; photographs of Kuril Island are dated August 1896; other photographs are undated. Some or all of these photographs may be published.

Subjects

Beringa, ostrov , Black-and-white photographs , Field notes , Kuril'skiye Ostrova , Northern fur seal , Russia , United States Fish Commission }} lcsh , Zoologists

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.153193