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Shindler, A. Zeno (Antonio Zeno), 1823-1899
- Dates:
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circa 1887
- Size:
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0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7371
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This collection consists of four watercolor paintings of Funk Island by Shindler. The paintings were based on sketches by Captain Joseph William Collins, who led an 1887 voyage of the schooner Grampus to Funk Island, off the coast of Newfoundland, to collect skeletal remains of the Great Auk for the USNM.
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- Creators:
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Dates:
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circa 1877-1948
- Size:
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14.73 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (3 12x17 boxes) (10 tall document boxes) (7 microfilm reels)
- Collection ID:
- Record Unit 7184
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
These papers include original logbooks for the Fish Commission vessels Albatross, Fish Hawk, Grampus, Halcyon, Yvonne, and Danglade containing hydrographic and dredging data; transcribed records of some of that data; accession records, transmittal records, lists, and correspondence concerning specimens taken by the Commission; material co...
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- Creators:
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United States Fish Commission
- Dates:
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1871-1892
- Size:
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4.66 Cubic feet (20 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0256
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Most of the collection consists of drawings, both pen and ink and pencil, photoengravings and photographs and blueprints of fish, fishermen, fishing gear, nets, traps, seines, fishing vessels both small and large, and fish processing. Some are identified by type, some by location; others lack specific identification. Many carry comments and direct...
