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Specimen Gathering
12020-04-23T11:29:19-07:00Sue Luftscheinc3da4f338cfb5c3d980919bd84c8fb083c380bd6372512gallery2020-04-23T16:21:46-07:00Sue Luftscheinc3da4f338cfb5c3d980919bd84c8fb083c380bd6The Velero IV's research trips employed traditional and new methods for gathering specimens and documenting marine life. Core samples, the "orange peel", and the benthoscopes and benthograph, as well as scuba diving, were all methods employed.
1media/ahfimg39117001_thumb.jpg2020-04-23T14:36:54-07:00Barton & Nelles at benthograph, near Catalina Island, ca. 19502Otis Barton (in benthograph/benthoscope) and Dr. Maurice Nelles speak with each other, crane barge, near Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California, USA, ca. 1950. Allan Hancock Foundation Collection, http://cdm15799.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll82/id/26798/rec/67media/ahfimg39117001.jpgplain2020-04-23T14:37:30-07:00
1media/Jacques_Cousteau_et_al_prepare_to_dive_Velero_IV_ca_1950_thumb.jpg2020-04-23T15:02:20-07:00Jacques Cousteau et al. prepare to dive, Velero IV, ca. 19501Jacques Cousteau et al. prepare to dive, Velero IV, ca. 1950. Allan Hancock Foundation Collection, http://cdm15799.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/27224/rec/4media/Jacques_Cousteau_et_al_prepare_to_dive_Velero_IV_ca_1950.jpgplain2020-04-23T15:02:20-07:00
1media/ahfimg39101901_thumb.jpg2020-04-23T14:51:12-07:00Corer deployed from Velero IV, Catalina Island, ca. 1949-19501Corer deployed from Velero IV, Catalina Island, ca. 1949-1950, Allan Hancock Foundation Collection, http://cdm15799.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll82/id/26807/rec/97media/ahfimg39101901.jpgplain2020-04-23T14:51:12-07:00
1media/Men_empty_orange_peel_grab_Velero_IV_1952_thumb.jpg2020-04-23T14:56:03-07:00Men empty orange peel grab, Velero IV, 19521Men empty orange peel grab, Velero IV, 1952. Allan Hancock Foundation Collection, http://cdm15799.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15799coll82/id/27633/rec/203media/Men_empty_orange_peel_grab_Velero_IV_1952.jpgplain2020-04-23T14:56:03-07:00