Photographs from survey of Labrador coast, 1931.

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Photographs from survey of Labrador coast, 1931.

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Consists of aerial photographs taken during an expedition to survey the northern third of the Labrador coast in the summer of 1931. The expedition was organized by Forbes. Osborn Maitland Miller developed an approach for using aerial photogrpahy to map the area and oversaw the extensive surveying efforts, including taking these photographs with a Fairchild survey camera from a Fairchild monoplane. Results of the expedition were published in: Northernmost Labrador mapped from the air (1938) by Forbes. It includes a detailed listing of the photos and a letter from Forbes.

ca. 500 images.

Harvard University, Botany Libraries

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Harvard University, Botany Libraries

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Miller, O. M. (Osborn Maitland), 1897-1979

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Forbes, Alexander, 1882-1965

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Forbes graduated from Harvard in 1904 and taught physiology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Alexander Forbes, ca. 1924. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 236232211 Alexander Forbes, 1882-1965, M.D., 1910, Harvard Medical School; was Professor of Physiology at Harvard Medical School and a pioneer in the development of electrophysiology. He taught at Harvard Medical School from 1910 to 1948. In addition to his medical research on the function of the centr...

Forbes-Grenfell Expedition to Labrador, 1931.

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