COLLECTION NAME:
Hancock Collection
Record
Filename:
061.jpg
Title:
G. Allan Hancock, with benthograph camera
Identifier:
6829-B
Creator:
Unknown
Date Created:
undated
Type:
image
Description:
Photograph taken off the California Coast, probably aboard the Velero IV, around 1950 is an image of G. Allan Hancock holding the camera from the benthograph. The benthograph was inspired by an earlier attempt with a manned diving vessel called a benthoscope, which broke a record for manned deep diving but failed to produce useful photographs. Hancock commissioned Dr. Nelles to produce an automated camera that could operate at great depths. The benthograph was tested in 1950 and produced hundreds of deep-sea photographs before being lost off Catalina in 1952.
Format:
1 photograph : black and white ; 5 x 7 in.
Institution:
Allan Hancock College
Subject:
Hancock, Allan, 1875-1965.
Subject:
Pacific Ocean--Description and travel.
Subject:
Allan Hancock Foundation
Subject:
R/V Velero IV (Cruiser)
Subject:
Marine Biology--Research--California.
Subject:
Underwater exploration--California
Language:
eng
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Copyright Holder:
Allan Hancock College
G. Allan Hancock, with benthograph camera
