CHECK OUT “FROM THE STACKS”
In addition to the digital archiving I’m working on for the California Academy of Sciences, my new job also entails various other services — including the occasional addition to the Research Library’s blog, “From the Stacks“.
I recently wrote a post about Fur Seals, San Francisco and exploring the Bering Sea — the subject of an exhibit I curated in the C.A.S. Library Reading Room during my internship. Please go check it out, and while you’re there, take a look at all the other excellent Academy blogs — there is a lot going on at one of San Francisco’s great institutions!
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Thanks for this illuminating glimpse into a chapter of San Francisco’s history not part of the popularly held story of the city.
The somewhat brutal print of a seal hunt that is part of the archival display does give some viewers pause. But just because an image offends our modern sensibilities doesn’t negate its importance – that photo is a fascinating document of a time and place in which such was the norm.