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Description

A 40 foot whale was washed up on Foxton Beach during a heavy gale. It attracted many visitors including school children who were given a holiday for the purpose of viewing the whale. A syndicate which "tried out" the blubber obtained several barrels of oil, and were offered £10 for the head.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Fo 52
Date
July 1913
Digitisation ID
2011P_Fo52_004869
Held In
Coolstore

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animal life,
people,
photographs,
sea,
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