Skinning a porpoise on the deck of the Westward
- Title
- Skinning a porpoise on the deck of the Westward
- LC Subject
- Hunting Harbor porpoise Ships
- Repository
- Oregon Historical Society. Library
- Creator
- Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953
- Contributor
- Finley, Irene
- Description
- Two unidentified men (identified as possibly George B. and Roe?) skinning a small marine mammal (possibly a harbor porpoise) on the deck of the MV Westward.
- Work Type
- cellulose nitrate film
- Location
- Alaska >> United States
- Date
- 1931
- Identifier
- OrgLot369_FinleyD0607
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Local Collection Name
- William L. Finley Photographs Collection, circa 1900-1940 (Org. Lot 369, OHS)
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Extent
- 3.75 x 6 in.
- Set
- Reuniting Finley and Bohlman
- Primary Set
- Reuniting Finley and Bohlman
- Institution
- Oregon Historical Society
- Taxon Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cetacea
- Family
- Phocoenidae
- Genus
- Phocoena
- Species
- Phocoena phocoena
- Common Names
- Harbour porpoise
