Oceania field photographs, 1921-1940.

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Oceania field photographs, 1921-1940.

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Photographs documenting the Whitney South Seas Expedition depict a wide range of subjects including animals, people, and landscapes. Locations include Oceania, Galapagos Islands, Marquesas Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and New Hebrides. The photographs were taken by Beck, George E. Petersen, Hamlin, Jose G. Correia, and Robert C. Murphy. Photographs are identified. Also included are maps showing expedition locations.

2427 photonegatives : b&w glass.873 photonegatives : b&w nitrate.1 photonegative : b&w.1929 photoprints : b&w mounted on file cards.

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American Museum of Natural History

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Whitney, Harry Payne, 1872-1930

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Biographical Note William Collins Whitney 1841 July 15 Born, Conway, Mass. 1863 Graduated, Yale College, New Haven, Conn. 1863 1864 Harvard Law School, Harvard University, Cambridge, ...

Murphy, Robert Cushman, 1887-1973

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Petersen, George

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Beck, Rollo Howard, 1870-1950

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Correia, JoseĢ Alberty

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Hamlin, Hannibal Emery, 1858-1938

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Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941)

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