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Description
Chester Black sawing the tail off of a whale carcass on Ragged Island.
He planned to have the eight-foot tail stuffed and placed in his store at Island Point, Orr's Island.
About This Item
- Title: Chester Black cutting beached whale, Ragged Island, 1927
- Creator: Portland Press Herald
- Creation Date: 1927-02-23
- Subject Date: 1927-02-23
- Location: Ragged Island, Harpswell, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 8.3 cm x 10.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.14636
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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