Item 23626 - Men carrying a whale fin, Ragged Island, 1927

Item 23626 - Men carrying a whale fin, Ragged Island, 1927
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Item 23626
Men carrying a whale fin, Ragged Island, 1927
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Captain William Sylvester (left) carrying the removed pectoral fin of a finback whale on Ragged Island. The whale was discovered by lobster fishermen after a storm washed it ashore near Orr's Island in February.

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