Shamu (a killer whale, or orca) swimming close to water surface. Shamu was a captive killer whale (orca) which appeared in shows at SeaWorld San Diego in the mid/late 1960s.

In Collection:

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Creator

• Orr, Robert T. (Robert Thomas), 1908-1994

Contributor

• McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, 1910-2010

Subject

• Whales
• Killer whale
• Famous animals
• Sea World
• Captive marine animals
• Shamu (Whale)

Language

• eng

Identifier

• COWAN_PH_168; Cowan_PN_760; Cowan Colour Slides - Locations - Box 7

Date created

• February 1, 1966

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 slide : colour

Alternative title

• Shamu (killer whale)

Geographic Coverage

• California--San Diego

Coordinates

• 32.7657, -117.22704

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Sponsor

• Digitization undertaken with the support of Ann Schau.

Genre

• slides (photographs)
• photographs
• color slides
• color photographs

Fonds title

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Fonds identifier

• AR514

Date digitized

• 2012

Technical note

• Digitized by Briony Penn. Migration metadata by KD.

Rights

• Contact UVic Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original resource and for reproduction requests. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/42zf-9212

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