Ornithologist Granville P. Ashcraft with bird specimen collected by a team of U.S.C. scientists during their exploration of the Gulf of Lower California, Los Angeles, February 21, 1940

Item Overview

Title

Ornithologist Granville P. Ashcraft with bird specimen collected by a team of U.S.C. scientists during their exploration of the Gulf of Lower California, Los Angeles, February 21, 1940

Date Created

February 21, 1940

Date

1940-02-21

Publisher

Los Angeles Daily News

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Notes

Description

Ornithologist Granville P. Ashcraft measuring the beak of a bird specimen brought back by a team of University of Southern California scientists from their exploration of the Gulf of Lower California on U.S.C.’s Velero III cruiser. The expedition was captained by Allan Hancock, president of the U.S.C. board of trustees, and included a team of three zoologists, an ornithologist (Ashcraft), a botanist, an ichthyologist, a parasitologist, a scientific artist, a photographer, a collector, and an official observer for the Mexican government. The team brought back several thousands of specimens including birds, fish, mammals, algae, and parasites.

Caption

Text from original nitrate sleeve: Expedition - G. Allen Hancock to Gulf of Lower California; Ashcraft, Grenville P.; Specimens collected - birds, etc. (Feb. 1940)
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Granville P. Ashcraft

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

University of Southern California
Ashcraft, Granville P.

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Specimens
Education
Environment
Biologists--American--California--Los Angeles
Expeditions & surveys--California
Birds--California
Science
Measuring--California--Los Angeles