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Title Clippings and letters from Percy E. Hunt, encountering sea serpent, curiosities folder

Description Curiosities; Sea Serpent seen by Foam; -2- get out of him. I asked him if he could draw anything that would show the shape of it, and the best he could do was the enclosed. Very truly yours, (Signed) Percy E. Hunt. PEH/AO; unknown to science. I hope it is discovered in our day. I shall never venture to sea without a camera. Sincerely Van Campen Heilner. I do not believe it is a mammal. A gigantic eel which would a...for its not being seen so frequently. It has always been described a snake-like - never as mammalian. Would account for the dorsal fin...other things. The most recent app...and even that of the Daedalus app...the eel. - See Jordan's description Sericthys serpentinus from the aby...of the Gulf...

Agent (Role) Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969 ()

Date 1925-07-21

Artwork/Object Type Mixed media

Physical dimensions 15 x 10.25 in.

City Town Boston

State Province Massachusetts

Country United States

Is Part Of James L. Clark exhibitions visual resource files

Collection/Work Relation AMNH Special Collections, PPC .C532: Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969. James L. Clark exhibitions visual resource files. 1879-1959.

External Resource AMNH Library authority record: Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969

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Repository American Museum of Natural History

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