
Binder 7: Photographs and Images
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Creation Date
8-26-1985
Keywords
Marine Biology--Research, Marine biologists, Legislators--United States, Islands--United States Virgin Islands, Environmental laboratories, Scuba diving, Saturation diving
Type
Image
Date
August 1985
Abstract
Photograph of (from left to right): Richard Touma, Associate Dean of Science and Engineering at Fairleigh Dickinson Univeristy, Lowell Weicker, U.S. Senator from Connecticut, and Elliot Finkle, Head of the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Undersea Research Program (NURP). Senator Lowell was an advocate in the U.S. Congress for the funding of NOAA. The three men are pictured standing in front of the Aegir, a habitat structure and laboratory designed to be located on the seafloor which allowed scientists to live and work underwater for extended periods of time. Elliot Finkle holds a microphone with "abc" written on it.
Description
2 x 2 inches cardboard projector slide with 33mm photographic film in the center of the slide to produce an image. Seattle Film Works brand name is printed on the slide.
Subject: geographic
Virgin Islands of the United States -- Saint Croix
Genre
Slides (Photography)
Format
jpeg
Holding Location
University of South Florida
Physical Collection
Dr. John Ogden Caribbean and Coral Reef collection
Keywords
Marine Biology--Research, Marine biologists, Legislators--United States, Islands--United States Virgin Islands, Environmental laboratories, Scuba diving, Saturation diving