Whale on ramp at Whaling Station, Tory Channel - Photograph taken by Argosy Studio

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Date
[ca 12 Jul 1954]
By
Argosy Studio
Reference
PAColl-8163-25
Description

Photograph of a dead humpback whale lying on the ramp of the whaling station at Tory Channel in Malborough. Shows the buildings of the station at the water's edge, and a man looking on from a ramp in the background. Photograph taken in September 1954, by Argosy Studios for the Free Lance.

Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Published 21 Jul 1954 page 28 [publication stamp]; Verso - centre - A whale weighing about 50 tons is hauled up the Ramp at the Whaling Station, Tory Channel [attached slip]; Verso - bottom right - right 10 3/4 x 4 12/7/54; Verso - bottom left - Photo Copyright By / Argosy Studio / Picton / No 4928 [photographer's stamp]

Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 21.6 x 16.8 cm

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Part of
New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Format
1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Silver gelatin print 21.6 x 16.8 cm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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