Photograph clipped from a magazine: 'A humpback whale diving.'
Clipping made of paper
Museum number 1969-117-65
This black and white photograph was clipped from a magazine. It shows the tail of a humpback whale about to submerge beneath a calm sea. There are heavy clouds across the horizon. The caption beneath the photograph reads: 'A hunmpback whale diving: This unique photograph shows the flukes about to disappear. They are horizontal, not vertical, as in fish.'
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[1] https://www.mcmanus.co.uk/category/collectiontype/history-photograph
[2] https://www.mcmanus.co.uk/category/collectiontype/history-working-life
[3] https://www.mcmanus.co.uk/category/objectcategory/whaling
[4] https://www.mcmanus.co.uk/category/category/whaling-archive
[5] https://www.mcmanus.co.uk/category/objectname/newspaper/magazine
[6] https://www.mcmanus.co.uk/category/name/photograph-bw
[7] https://www.mcmanus.co.uk/sites/default/files/adlib/1969-117-65.jpg