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photograph desired, and there has been constant calls from newspapers, 

 magazines and authors for the loan of photographs. In each instance, 

 the borrower is requested to give due credit to the Division of Fish 

 and Game. 



Official Photographer E. S. Cheney has added many splendid 5 by 7 

 photographs of various game species, and also of various activities. 

 Of particular interest is a splendid series depicting the commercial 

 fishery industry. Some enlargements have been made from motion 

 picture films which have added greatly to several subjects. 



Exhibits. During the fall of 1928, two portable exhibits showing 

 mountain sheep and the Mt. Shasta Hatchery were routed from one 

 chamber of commerce to another. In the larger cities two weeks was 

 allotted for display. In all sixteen cities utilized these exhibits as well 

 as several county fairs. Favorable reports were made as to the interest 

 taken by the public in viewing these fxhibits. In recent montlis, both 

 exhibits have been on display in tiie lobby of the headquarters office in 

 San Francisco. 



A spectacular exhibit was installed at the Pacific Southwest Exposi- 

 tion at Long Beach during July, 1928, in cooperation with the U. S. 

 Forest Service. There was displayed in front of a beautifully painted 

 background a pond filled with trout, and a number of pens containing 

 pheasants from the State Game Farm. jManj'- were the comments 

 received as to the effectiveness of this display. 



An exhibit was made at the Auto Show in 1929, in San Francisco, 

 and a more pretentious one at the Pb'asure Boat Exposiiioii the same 

 year. In the latter instance, the fine painted background utilized at 



Fig. 27. Exhibit of brood pond system at the Mt. Shasta Hatchery. 

 Auditorium, S'an Francisco, April 27 to JVfay 4, 1929. 



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the Pacific Southwest Exposition, at Long Beach, was used. A large 

 tank gave a display of freshwater fishes, and pens exhibited birds from 

 the game farm. 



The study collection of birds has been widely used by employees and 

 others. D. D. McLean has continually added to the collection and in 

 time it will furnish a complete reference collection of all of the game 



