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A photo of 4 men on boat holding what appears to be a small harpoon gun. The image appears to have been enlarged. The photo is blurry.

Photo of a whaling harpoon gun on the deck of a boat. Photo held onto the black mat board by one side. Enlarged reproduction of original photograph. The photo is blurry. Photograph by Bill Mason.

Photo of a man smoking a pipe with a whaling harpoon gun. Photo held onto the green mat board by one side. Enlarged reproduction of original photograph. The photo is blurry.

A photo of two whaling boats, with the crew visible. Bill Manson up the mast, and the other men at the bow of the vessel around the harpoon gun. Photo held onto the blue mat board by one side. Enlarged reproduction of original photograph. The photo of blurry. Photograph by Bill Mason.

Photo of a view of a whaling vessel on the water from another boat. Enlarged reproduction of original photograph. The photo is blurry. Photograph by Bill Mason. The back of the photo states that one of the 5 whaling boats out of Victoria.

A photo of a whaling boat, a man in the bridge of the vessel with the mast and steam pipe on the deck. Enlarged reproduction of original photograph. The photo is blurry. Photograph by Bill Mason.

Photo of a view of whale in a whaling station with an oil drum in the foreground and a different whaling station building behind the whale. Enlarged reproduction of original photograph. The photo is blurry. Photograph by Bill Mason. The back says village Vancouver Island.

A photo of a view of whale in a whaling station. Enlarged reproduction of original photograph. The photo is blurry. Photograph by Bill Mason.

Photo of a whale in a whaling station, with a majority of the photo being taken up by the whale’s body, with a view of a cut into the blubber of the abdomen. Information on the back says that it is a rendering plant. Photo held onto the cream mat board by one side. Enlarged reproduction of original photograph. The photo is blurry. Photograph by Bill Mason.

A photo of a whale in a whaling station, with a majority of the photo being taken up by the whale’s body. Photo held onto the green mat board by one side. Enlarged reproduction of original photograph. The photo is blurry. Photograph by Bill Mason.