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  1. Marine World, Oceana Theatre - Postcard, Picture

    Marine World color postcard shows a man standing on a platform holding out a long pole over a pool of water. A killer whale jumps out of the water at left to touch the end of the pole with its nose. A caption on the back reads, "Oceana Theatre: Kianu, Marine World's fantastic killer whale, shown lifting her 21 foot, four ton body out of the water in a sensational leap at the command of her trainer."

    Record Type: Archive

    Marine World, Oceana Theatre
  2. Photo album of Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, 1999-2006 - Album, Photograph

    Photo album of Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, 1999-2006. These photos were complied and related to Julie Barrow's time as a volunteer at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in Moss Beach, San Mateo County. A small maroon album with gold lines in three places on the front bottom and top right, and towards the front left. On the spine, there are five sets of two small gold lines with a gold botanical insignia in two places: at the top and after the second set of...

    Record Type: Photo

  3. The American Whaleman: A Study of Life And Labor in the Whaling Industry - Hohman, Elmo Paul

    The American Whaleman: A Study of Life And Labor in the Whaling Industry by Elmo Paul Hohman, 1928. The book is "about a study of labor conditions and of labor problems in a much-neglected corner of American economic history..." [p. viii]. Includes a preface, an appendix, bibliography and an index.

    Record Type: Library

    The American Whaleman: A Study of Life And Labor in the Whaling Industry
  4. The Last Whale by Galen Wolf, c. 1950-1976 - Painting

    The Last Whale by Galen Wolf, c. 1950-1976. Acrylic painting on gray-blue paper, stylized to look almost like stained glass, of a breaching whale. Whale is dark blue, almost black, and leaps vertically out of the water. Surrounding its head are a half dozen white seabirds. The background is light gray-blue with stylized white clouds near the horizon and dark gray clouds in the upper right corner. In the lower left corner of the painting, mostly u...

    Record Type: Object

    The Last Whale by Galen Wolf
  5. Three Bricks and Three Brothers: The Story of the Nantucket Whale Oil Merchant Joseph Starbuck by Will Gardner - Gardner, Will

    Three Bricks and Three Brothers: The Story of the Nantucket Whale Oil Merchant Joseph Starbuck by Will Gardner, 1945. The book is about the life and death of Joesph Starbuck, whale oil merchant in Nantucket, MA, and builder of ships such as the Trident, Joesph Starbuck and the Young Hero. Includes: the life of Joesph Starbuck; a family tree of the Starbuck family; a map of Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket, Masschusetts (on the inside portion o...

    Record Type: Library

    Three Bricks and Three Brothers: The Story of the Nantucket Whale Oil Merchant Joseph Starbuck by Will Gardner
  6. Untitled [Brad Baruh and Staff with Deceased Whale Calf] - Photograph, Black-and-White

    Untitled [Brad Baruh and Staff with Deceased Whale Calf], c. July 14, 1968. Color photograph shows Brad Baruh crouching over a stillborn Orca calf with two unidentified men on either side of him. Both men's hands rest on the calf's side and Baruh's hand reaches out above it. The man at left wears a brown shirt and pants while the man at right wears a wetsuit. Baruh appears at center of the photograph in a navy blue zippered jacket that is embroid...

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled [Brad Baruh and Staff with Deceased Whale Calf]
  7. Untitled [Brad Baruh and Staff with Deceased Whale Calf] - Photograph, Black-and-White

    Untitled [Brad Baruh and Staff Observe Deceased Whale Calf], c. July 14, 1968. Color photograph shows Brad Baruh and two unidentified men observing a stillborn Orca calf lying on its side in front of them. Baruh crouches at left in a navy blue zippered jacket embroidered with, "B. Baruh / Vice President / General Mgr." The man at center wears a wetsuit and the man at right wears green swim trunks. Both men reach out to touch the side of the O...

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled [Brad Baruh and Staff with Deceased Whale Calf]
  8. Untitled [Brad Baruh in Truck with Deceased Whale Calf] - Photograph, Color

    Untitled [Brad Baruh in Truck with Deceased Whale Calf], c. July 14, 1968. Color photograph shows Brad Baruh and an unidentified blond man in sunglasses sitting on the edge of a light blue pickup truck bed. At lower left, a stillborn Orca calf lies on the truck bed in a sling used for transporting marine animals. Baruh wears a navy blue zippered jacket that is embroidered with, "B. Baruh / Vice President / General Mgr."

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled [Brad Baruh in Truck with Deceased Whale Calf]
  9. Untitled [Orca Performance at Marine World Theater] - Photograph, Color

    Untitled [Orca Performance at Marine World Theater], c. 1968 - 1971. Color photograph shows an orca resting on the edge of a circular pool during a live performance at Marine World Theater. Two people stand near the orca at lower right and pat its head. An audience watches from a set of bleachers behind them at right.

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled [Orca Performance at Marine World Theater]
  10. Untitled [Orca Performance at Marine World Theater] - Photograph, Color

    Untitled [Orca Performance at Marine World Theater], c. 1968 - 1971. Color photograph shows an orca leaping up from a pool of water to a red ball during a live performance at Marine World theater. Another orca in the pool splashes in the water. It is partially submerged with one of its flippers visible. An audience watches from a set of bleachers next to the pool at right, filling two-thirds of the available seats.

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled [Orca Performance at Marine World Theater]

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