Object number:
2007.1.154
Object name:
photograph
Date made:
1948
Material/Technique:
gelatin silver
Dimensions:
H: 8 in, W: 10 in
Credit line:
The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
Copyright status:
In Copyright
Copyright holder:
Oakland Museum of California
Content description:
From caption on back of photograph: "One of the nearly 400 birds who were banded during the feathered census at Lake Merritt yesterday is 'ringed' by E. B. von Adelung (left) and George Ehmann, while Miss Matty Brown and Mrs. Ehmann (right) register him. The service, started under Ehmann's direction, is carried out mainly by volunteer workers." Two men in hats attach a ring to a bird's foot for their census. The two women at the table next to them write down information. The table is scattered with record-keeping equipment (pen and paper, rings, boxes).
Concepts:
census; ring; hat; writing; bird; woman; man; volunteer
Places:
Lake Merritt; Oakland
Persons:
Mrs. Ehmann; Matty Brown; George Ehmann; E. B. von Adelung
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