Cartographic and Audiovisual Records.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Cartographic and Audiovisual Records.

Cartographic and Audiovisual Records.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122396372

Cartographic records (250 items) include published and photoprocessed maps of Alaskan and coastal waters, 1888-90, many of which were compiled from surveys made on the ALBATROSS; maps, 1908-19, annotated by the Alaska Fisheries Division, showing fishtraps, fisheries, and fish canneries and packing plants; maps of seal rookeries in the Pribilof Islands, 1872-98, with later maps, 1904-37, annotated to show boundaries of hauling and breeding grounds, the number of seals at the height of the season, and positions from which photographs were taken; a map showing the routes of the Death Valley Biological Expedition of 1891; and maps of the United States and certain regions, showing principal life areas, Federal wildlife and bird refuges, and game preserves, 1891-1941. Still pictures, 1870-1960 (52,755 items), include photographs relating to the fishing industry, including shrimp and oyster fishing, sponging, hatchery, spawning, and the pearl button industry in Iowa; of wharves, nets, domestic and foreign boats and fishermen, and marine life species; of shores and ports along the Atlantic coast (including the Chesapeake Bay and the Roanoke River in North Carolina), the Gulf of Mexico (including Louisiana and Florida), the west coast, (including Oregon and Washington ), Lake Superior (including Michigan and Minnesota), and the Mediterranean; and of Alaskan wildlife, 1888-1960. There are hand-colored stereopticans of game birds, beaver, and ermine, 1870; photographs of paintings, 1872-90, by Henry W. Elliott, illustrating fur seal and sea otter industries in the Pribilof Islands; and photographs taken by expeditions of the U.S. Fish Commission schooner ALBATROSS to the Pribilofs, Alaska, the South Sea Islands, and Hawaii, 1898-1904. There are Biological Survey photographs of birds, mammals, reptiles, persons, plants, maps, refuges, and topography in the United States and Alaska. There are also poster, leaflets, original drawing, and photographs used as illustrations for publications of the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture, such as NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA, SERVICE SURVEY, CONSERVATION BULLETINS, FARMERS' BULLETIN, AND JOURNALS OF AGRICULTUREAL RESEARCH, 1888-1955. Motion pictures, 1915-37 (13 reels), include films on control of rats, prairie dogs, and porcupines, concerning cooperative fish culture in the United States and pearl culture in Japan; relating to an inspection trip to Alaska by Service officials; and of life in a Boy Scout camp. There is also a film illustrating aerial bombing techniques of the Air Service, 1921.

53,007 items.

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