Daily Herald Photograph: Whaling

PART OF:
The photographic library of the 'Daily Herald' newspaper
Made:
1947-02-10 in Antarctica
Daily Herald Photograph: Whaling Daily Herald Photograph: Whaling

Daily Herald Photograph: Whaling
Science Museum Group
© Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Daily Herald Photograph: Whaling
Science Museum Group
© Hulton Archive/Getty Images

One photograph titled ‘First pictures from the "whale oil rush"-more fats for Britain’. Part of the caption on the back reads: ‘…a whale-catcher from the “Balaena” towing whales, which are inflated with air after killing to make them float, to the factory-ship for processing.’ [This photograph is graphic]

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/54292
Materials:
paper
type:
photographic print