Chase and capture of blackfish / Nickerson, photo. – Vintage Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of Chase and capture of blackfish / Nickerson, photo. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Chase and capture of blackfish / Nickerson, photo.
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Local fishermen on Cape Cod called pilot whales "blackfish," and this 1885 cabinet card records one of their drives, when boats herded a pod toward the shallows until the animals stranded on the beach. Such hunts were a long-standing part of coastal life there, valued for the oil and blubber the whales yielded. Cabinet cards like this one were sturdy studio-style mounts, so the picture was meant to be kept and shown, and it preserves a working scene that rarely reached the public any other way.
| Created / published | 1885 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on cabinet card. |
| Subjects | Pilot whales on beach, Cape Cod. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,286 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 2 |
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