Battle over, whales await knife. Dead humpback whales, inflated with compressed air, are floating bottom side up, awaiting their turn on the flensing deck of a factory ship. The whales are hauled ...

Humpback whale floats on surface. The head, tongue and fore part of the back of the harpooned whale are shown rising above the water. Three rows of knoblike protuberates can be seen ...

"Cap'n, you keep chasing after that great white whale, we're all gonna end up in trouble"

Kissing whales welcome visitors to the smiling Blue Whale of Catoosa roadside attraction in the small Oklahoma city of the same name

Whale-ish directional signs, light blue, of course, welcome visitors to the Blue Whale of Catoosa roadside park in the small Oklahoma city of the same name

Whale fishery: attacking a right whale

"A whale female and the windlass whereby the whales are brought on shore"

Barrage balloon manufacture. Birthplace for air-whales--gigantic barrage balloons which look like monster whales-of-the-air, made in this huge room. Four are seen here: left rear is a balloon being folded into the shipping ...

Manila lines bring whale to surface. Two six-inch manila lines bring their mammal cargo to the surface after the whale has been harpooned. The gunner at bottom of photo is maneuvering his ...

Harpoon hits humpback whale. The humpback whale has just been hit by the harpoon, and the bomb on the harpoon head has exploded. The gunner who fired the shot is shown in ...

Killer boat used in whaling. The "killer boat" shown here is employed for the actual harpooning of whales. The harpoon gun may be seen on the prow. At left is the narrow ...

Blubber removed from whale carcass. A workman, astride the whale, continues to cut the blubber free from the carcass as the steam winch pulls back to the cable attached to the end ...

Whale blubber sliced from body. The first process in cutting up a humpback whale, in which the chain and cable are attached to the blubber, is shown here. As the cable is ...

Whale's [i.e. Whale] Back Light, Portsmouth, N.H.

[Cutting in a sperm whale. "Junk" nearly clear. This is with the exception of the case, the most valuable portion of the whale and the heaviest. Aboard the bark California off Japan]

Whale fishing--two great whales being brought in by whalers, Durban

Uncle Josh At The Fair

Uncle Josh At The Fair

[Peeling blubber from a beached whale]

Victims of the whale hunt

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