Charlie Thompson's Whaleshark, c. 1920
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- Created Date
- 1915/1922
- Description
Taxidermied whaleshark on a railcar. Historical note: Charter boat Captain Charles Thompson caught a 38 ft. whaleshark between Miami and the Florida Keys in the summer of 1912. After working with taxidermists to preserve and mount the skin over a frame, the fish was exhibited throughout the U.S. by rail and boat and reputedly becoming an exhibit in Capt. Lin G. Greene's Marine Museum. This was the first official North American account of a whaleshark, a gentle creature that little was known about until the 1990s. It's unknown if the whaleshark was exhibited in Boynton Beach.
Item number: A0048-BB-008
Gift of Fred Benson.
- Contributing Institution
- Boynton Beach City Library Archives
- Supporting Institution
- Florida International University Libraries
- Publisher
- Hand go photo
- Location
- Florida -- Boynton Beach
- Type
- image
- Format
- 1 sepia photographic postcard5.5 x 3.5 inches
- Standardized Rights Statement
- No Copyright - In the United States:The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
- Chicago citation style
- Charlie Thompson's Whaleshark, c. 1920. 1915/1922. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://dpanther.fiu.edu/sobek/FI19071540/00001. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1915/1922) Charlie Thompson's Whaleshark, c. 1920. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://dpanther.fiu.edu/sobek/FI19071540/00001
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://dpanther.fiu.edu/sobek/FI19071540/00001>.