Front:
This whale was killed by Capt. Joshua Nickerson in the
steamer A. B. Nickerson, and was one of the largest of the Finback
species ever taken here and measured as follows:
Length, 65 feet, 4 inches
Across the tail, 14 feet, 6 inches
Length of lower jaw, 11 feet
Length of fins,
Girth.
Weight,
10 feet
37 feet
136 tons
Capacity of mouth when closed, 30 barrels.
WHALE ASHORE ON BEACH AT PROVINCETOWN, MAS.
Back:
R-66506
MADE IN USA
H.A.DICHE
IAN & SOV
and Island Possessions
Cuba. Canada and
MESSAGE MAY BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE.
PUBLISHED BY THE ADVOCATE GIFT SHOP, PROVINCETOWN, MASS.
