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English: Mr. V. E. Brock with a 100 lb. sting ray he speared in the water off Prayer Island, summer 1947   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Mr. V. E. Brock with a 100 lb. sting ray he speared in the water off Prayer Island, summer 1947
Description
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Images documenting the 1947 Bikini Resurvey Project.


Caption in scrapbook: Mr. V. E. Brock, Director of Fish and Game Division for the territory of Hawaii with a 100 lb. sting ray he speared in the water off Prayer Island. Mr. Brock is holding spear he imbedded in the ray's brain. This deadly marine specimen staged a terrific battle.

ABCR 5013-1


Bikini Atoll Radiological Survey Scrapbook, p. 19.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Scientists--Marshall Islands--Bikini Atoll; Spear fishing--Marshall Islands--Bikini Atoll
  • Subjects (LCSH): Brock, Vernon E.; Rays (Fishes)--Marshall Islands--Bikini Atoll
Depicted place
English: Marshall Islands - Bikini Atoll
Date 1947
date QS:P571,+1947-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
15
Source
English: Donaldson Collection of South Pacific Radiological Surveys
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Order Number
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DON0108
Album/Page
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2.19a

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