Title from caption. Photograph of a man standing in front of a fence holding a rifle and a telescope; a dog is just behind him. Narrative in photo album reads: "Above is Koyukuk Dummy, a bachelor mute. His old cheap telescope was a[n] special...
35 second, color/silent, film clip of a whale hunt, 1951-1959. The men look for whales with the aid of a telescope, shoot a small white whale, pull it to shore with some type of grappling hook, and eventually pull it onto shore with ropes. A...
Title taken from caption. View of one of the National Geographic expedition members at work using an alidade. An alidade is a topographic surveying and mapping instrument used for determining directions, consisting of a telescope and attached...