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• 711. [Image] Flamingoes, Adelaide

  	Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Very peculiar birds indeed are these we now consider, having a rosy or bright scarlet plumage, extraordinarily long legs and neck, and a large bill that ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Flamingoes, Adelaide Year: 1915 Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Very peculiar birds indeed are these we now consider, having a rosy or bright scarlet plumage, extraordinarily long legs and neck, and a large bill that is bent abruptly downward in the middle as though deformed. They frequent shallow, preferably salt-water, marshes and lagoons, and their food consists of small mollusks, crustaceans, and vegetable matter, which they secure by exploring around in the soft mud much after the manner of ducks, the water running out between the ridges of the bill." Photograph was hand colored. Title: Flamingoes, Adelaide Year: 1915 Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Very peculiar birds indeed are these we now consider, having a rosy or bright scarlet plumage, extraordinarily long legs and neck, and a large bill that is bent abruptly downward in the middle as though deformed. They frequent shallow, preferably salt-water, marshes and lagoons, and their food consists of small mollusks, crustaceans, and vegetable matter, which they secure by exploring around in the soft mud much after the manner of ducks, the water running out between the ridges of the bill." Photograph was hand colored. Close

• 712. [Image] Penguins

  	Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "These are flightless birds, of moderate size. The wings are reduced in size and modified by the flattening and consolidation of the bones until the product ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Penguins Year: 1915 Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "These are flightless birds, of moderate size. The wings are reduced in size and modified by the flattening and consolidation of the bones until the product is a perfect swimming paddle, for which purpose they are exclusively used. These birds are expert swimmers and divers, but unlike most other aquatic birds, they make no use of the feet in swimming beyond employing them as a rudder. They are, perhaps, most abundant in species in the vicinity of the Falkland Islands, but they are common about New Zealand and the west shore of Australia." Title: Penguins Year: 1915 Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "These are flightless birds, of moderate size. The wings are reduced in size and modified by the flattening and consolidation of the bones until the product is a perfect swimming paddle, for which purpose they are exclusively used. These birds are expert swimmers and divers, but unlike most other aquatic birds, they make no use of the feet in swimming beyond employing them as a rudder. They are, perhaps, most abundant in species in the vicinity of the Falkland Islands, but they are common about New Zealand and the west shore of Australia." Close

• 713. [Image] Australian Tropical Birds

  	Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "The birds of Australia are as strange as the animals. Naturalists tell us that the continent has more than seven hundred varieties of birds which are found ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Australian Tropical Birds Year: 1915 Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "The birds of Australia are as strange as the animals. Naturalists tell us that the continent has more than seven hundred varieties of birds which are found nowhere else. There are vast numbers of parrots in the woods of the north, some as white as snow, others of a delicate pink, and others as red as fresh blood. There are yellow parrots, green parrots, and parrots of every shade and tint you could imagine." Title: Australian Tropical Birds Year: 1915 Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "The birds of Australia are as strange as the animals. Naturalists tell us that the continent has more than seven hundred varieties of birds which are found nowhere else. There are vast numbers of parrots in the woods of the north, some as white as snow, others of a delicate pink, and others as red as fresh blood. There are yellow parrots, green parrots, and parrots of every shade and tint you could imagine." Close

• 714. [Image] Bear with crab on Cannon Beach

  	Bear cub on beach smashes crab with paw and proceeds to make meal of him.
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Bear with crab on Cannon Beach Year: 1935 Bear cub on beach smashes crab with paw and proceeds to make meal of him. Title: Bear with crab on Cannon Beach Year: 1935 Bear cub on beach smashes crab with paw and proceeds to make meal of him. Close

• 715. [Image] Woods, Waters, and Wildlife

  	Film is by William L. Finley and Arthur N. Pack of the American Nature Association. Includes footage of fishing at Celilo Falls and the Oregon Coast (including Cape Perpetua, Heceta Head Lighthouse, Sea ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Woods, Waters, and Wildlife Year: 1930 Film is by William L. Finley and Arthur N. Pack of the American Nature Association. Includes footage of fishing at Celilo Falls and the Oregon Coast (including Cape Perpetua, Heceta Head Lighthouse, Sea Lion Caves, and Three Arch Rocks). Includes title panels Crater Lake National Park; The Harvest of the Columbia; and Salmon, the main food of the Indians. The film is 15:04 minutes long. Title: Woods, Waters, and Wildlife Year: 1930 Film is by William L. Finley and Arthur N. Pack of the American Nature Association. Includes footage of fishing at Celilo Falls and the Oregon Coast (including Cape Perpetua, Heceta Head Lighthouse, Sea Lion Caves, and Three Arch Rocks). Includes title panels Crater Lake National Park; The Harvest of the Columbia; and Salmon, the main food of the Indians. The film is 15:04 minutes long. Close

• 716. [Image] Izaak Walton League Correspondence, April 29, 1935

  	Correspondence from S. B. Locke, Conservation Director of the Izaak Walton League, discussing resolutions adopted by the organization's 13th Annual Convention on April 13, 1935. Resolution topics include ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Izaak Walton League Correspondence, April 29, 1935 Author: Locke, S. B. Year: 1935 Correspondence from S. B. Locke, Conservation Director of the Izaak Walton League, discussing resolutions adopted by the organization's 13th Annual Convention on April 13, 1935. Resolution topics include opposition to the construction of the Grand Coulee and Bonneville Dams, construction of sewage disposal plants, and a closed season on migratory waterfowl. Title: Izaak Walton League Correspondence, April 29, 1935 Author: Locke, S. B. Year: 1935 Correspondence from S. B. Locke, Conservation Director of the Izaak Walton League, discussing resolutions adopted by the organization's 13th Annual Convention on April 13, 1935. Resolution topics include opposition to the construction of the Grand Coulee and Bonneville Dams, construction of sewage disposal plants, and a closed season on migratory waterfowl. Close

• 717. [Image] Waterfowl

  	Includes footage of various birds, including their nesting sites. The film ends with footage of a pet quail and pet duck with the family dog. Includes title panels: "P Ranch, 40 miles of water and marshland, ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Waterfowl Year: 1935 Includes footage of various birds, including their nesting sites. The film ends with footage of a pet quail and pet duck with the family dog. Includes title panels: "P Ranch, 40 miles of water and marshland, added to Malheur refuge"; "Trapping and banding ducks"; "Winter refuge for waterfowl"; and "A new kind of duck dog". Title: Waterfowl Year: 1935 Includes footage of various birds, including their nesting sites. The film ends with footage of a pet quail and pet duck with the family dog. Includes title panels: "P Ranch, 40 miles of water and marshland, added to Malheur refuge"; "Trapping and banding ducks"; "Winter refuge for waterfowl"; and "A new kind of duck dog". Close

• 718. [Image] Woods, Waters, and Wildlife

  	Includes footage of fishing at Celilo Falls and the Oregon Coast (including Cape Perpetua, Heceta Head Lighthouse, Sea Lion Caves, and Three Arch Rocks). Includes title panels: Crater Lake National Park; ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Woods, Waters, and Wildlife Year: 1930 Includes footage of fishing at Celilo Falls and the Oregon Coast (including Cape Perpetua, Heceta Head Lighthouse, Sea Lion Caves, and Three Arch Rocks). Includes title panels: Crater Lake National Park; The Harvest of the Columbia; and Salmon, the main food of the Indians. Title: Woods, Waters, and Wildlife Year: 1930 Includes footage of fishing at Celilo Falls and the Oregon Coast (including Cape Perpetua, Heceta Head Lighthouse, Sea Lion Caves, and Three Arch Rocks). Includes title panels: Crater Lake National Park; The Harvest of the Columbia; and Salmon, the main food of the Indians. Close

• 719. [Image] The Moa

  	Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "This is a representation of the giant bird, now extinct, which was a native of Australia. Carpenter's description of the Moa in the museum as Christchurch ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: The Moa Year: 1915 Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "This is a representation of the giant bird, now extinct, which was a native of Australia. Carpenter's description of the Moa in the museum as Christchurch is as follows: 'If I were to stand under the bird its tail feathers would tickle the top of my head. Its ankle is as big around as my calf and its gray body is the size of small haystack. Its tall thin neck is stretched so high above its breast that Barnum's circus managers would have had a hard time getting the animal into a freight car. its legs are as strong as those of a camel and it looks quite as big as the biggest 'ship of the desert'. Its enormous feet have claws like those of a turkey, save that each is a foot long. I doubt not that the Moa could have stamped out the life of a man at one kick." Title: The Moa Year: 1915 Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "This is a representation of the giant bird, now extinct, which was a native of Australia. Carpenter's description of the Moa in the museum as Christchurch is as follows: 'If I were to stand under the bird its tail feathers would tickle the top of my head. Its ankle is as big around as my calf and its gray body is the size of small haystack. Its tall thin neck is stretched so high above its breast that Barnum's circus managers would have had a hard time getting the animal into a freight car. its legs are as strong as those of a camel and it looks quite as big as the biggest 'ship of the desert'. Its enormous feet have claws like those of a turkey, save that each is a foot long. I doubt not that the Moa could have stamped out the life of a man at one kick." Close

• 720. [Image] William L. Finley - Incomplete Film Segments

  	Includes various scenes (trims and out-takes) on board a ship (likely Alaska) and in Arizona and New Mexico, notably footage of cactus, desert wildlife and birds. Includes title panels "Potatoes may be ...
  	Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: William L. Finley - Incomplete Film Segments Year: 1930 Includes various scenes (trims and out-takes) on board a ship (likely Alaska) and in Arizona and New Mexico, notably footage of cactus, desert wildlife and birds. Includes title panels "Potatoes may be all right, but crabs caught that very morning on the beach are better"; "Queer Creatures of the Cactus Country by William L. Finley and Arthur N. Pack of Nature Magazine"; "The Trail of the Rainbow by Arthur N. Pack and Eleanor Pack"; "On the plateau above the valley of the Chama River, New Mexico"; "We push on by way of lovely Mesa Verde, the home of forgotten races of mankind"; and "Repeated cloudbursts bring more difficulties." Title: William L. Finley - Incomplete Film Segments Year: 1930 Includes various scenes (trims and out-takes) on board a ship (likely Alaska) and in Arizona and New Mexico, notably footage of cactus, desert wildlife and birds. Includes title panels "Potatoes may be all right, but crabs caught that very morning on the beach are better"; "Queer Creatures of the Cactus Country by William L. Finley and Arthur N. Pack of Nature Magazine"; "The Trail of the Rainbow by Arthur N. Pack and Eleanor Pack"; "On the plateau above the valley of the Chama River, New Mexico"; "We push on by way of lovely Mesa Verde, the home of forgotten races of mankind"; and "Repeated cloudbursts bring more difficulties." Close