Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Image of American whaling ships stranded in ice in the Arctic; captions in the lower margin identify the locations and ships pictured (left to right): "Sea Horse Islands. Roman. Point Belcher. Concordia. Gay Head. George."
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Visual Materials
Image of American whaling ships stranded in ice in the Arctic; captions in the lower margin identify the locations and ships pictured (left to right): "Monticello. Kohola. Eugenia. Wainright Inlet. Julian. Awashonks. Thos. Dickason. Minerva. Wm. Rotch. Victoria. Mary."
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Visual Materials
Image of American whaling ships stranded in ice in the Arctic; captions in the lower margin identify the ships pictured (left to right): "John Wells. Massachusetts. J.D. Thompson. E. Morgan. Champion. Henry Taber. E. Swift. Florida. O. Crocker. Navy. Reindeer. Seneca. G. Howland. Fanny. Carlotta. Paiea."
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Image of American men in boats sailing towards shore after their whaling ships were stranded in ice in the Arctic; many boats are already pulled up on land with tents and bonfires in background; captions in the lower margin identify the locations pictured (left to right): "Blossom Shoals. Place of Rendezvous. Icy Cape."
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Visual Materials
Image of sailors breaking up ice along the water next to a large whaling ship in the Arctic that has been frozen in.
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Visual Materials
Image of a large panoramic view of a whaling scene depicting a wide range of whaling activities on various boats and ships, including a whale being harpooned at right; captions printed under the image provide labels for those activities, as well as geographical points; walruses on ice floes at bottom left and right.
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