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Image Not Available for The cormorants are kept in large baskets. Each basket carries four birds and the same birds must be accommodated together or else they make a fuss.
The cormorants are kept in large baskets. Each basket carries four birds and the same birds must be accommodated together or else they make a fuss.
Image Not Available for The cormorants are kept in large baskets. Each basket carries four birds and the same birds must be accommodated together or else they make a fuss.

The cormorants are kept in large baskets. Each basket carries four birds and the same birds must be accommodated together or else they make a fuss.

Creator Transatlantic Photos
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 18.5 x 24.3 cm (7 5/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
  • Photographs
Object number2002/9358
LocationNot currently on display

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