Detail View: Image Archives: Laysan Albatross colony

File Name: 
0095-1482.jpg
catalog number: 
0095-1482
collection: 
Birds
title: 
Laysan Albatross colony
creator: 
Paul Tokheim
creator type: 
creator of digital collection
creator: 
Alfred M. Bailey
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Cashel McGloin
creator type: 
scanning technician
description: 
Laysan Albatross. Written on one print is "When the Laysan albatross comes in to nest G. C. Munro" and at top of second print "Laysan albatross, taken during the guano working before the island devasted by Japanese poachers and rabbits birds just arrived for nesting." Written on back of second print is "Laysan albatross concentration Laysan Island Dec 1893 Photo by J.J. Williams Courtesy of George C. Munro" and penciled on back of same print is "page 30 Laysan Ms 1912" Dept. of Agriculture Year Book 1899 p. 270-274 photo." Scanning and access made possible by a grant from NEH.
subject terms: 
bird; Albatrosses; Laysan albatross; Laysan Island; Hawaii; Laysan Island; Hawaii; Laysan Albatross; fieldwork; Bailey Collection
date: 
1912
date type: 
date of photograph
date: 
December 23, 2016
date type: 
date of scanning
location: 
USA, Midway Islands
modified: 
No
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
3.6 MB
source: 
8x10 black and white print scanned with Epson Exprssion 10000XL at 400 dpi, 16 bit grayscale
rights: 
Use with permission Denver Museum of Nature and Science