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Key Information

Title:
Riesen - Wal Jonas
Object Name:
postcard
Date/Period:
1953-1954
Location on Display:
Museum - Not Currently on display
Accession No:
KINCM:2011.88.1.4
Other Numbers:
w2.84.76
Brief Description:
Postcard with a black and white photograph advertising the exhibition of 'The Giant Whale - Jonas' (or 'Jonah'). The image shows the whale's mouth, propped open to show the baleen plates and with the different parts labelled. There are two harpoons beside it. The whale was captured off Trondheim, Norway, in 1952. It was preserved with formalin and toured around Europe, visiting Hull in 1954. The reverse of the postcard has text in German that reads 'Riesen - Wal Jonas, gefangen bei Trondheim (Norwegen)', 'Giant Whale - Jonas, captured near Trondheim, Norway'.

Physical Information

Material:
paper

Dimensions:

Type Height Width Depth Diameter Weight
106[mm] 149[mm]