Collecting sponges in the Bahamas
 1938
From the photograph collection of Paul Galtsoff
Beginning with Spencer Baird, the first U.S.
Fish Commissioner, Woods Hole-based biologists have traveled the world
seeking specimens in order to study marine life in all its various forms.
This photograph from Paul Galtsoff’s collection
shows a man cleaning a sponge from a creek on the island of Andros in
the Bahamas.
The photograph was taken during a 1938 expedition to collect
marine specimens for research.
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