Female Bitterling
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Female Bitterling

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Photograph

Samuel Cady Dunton

Maker
American, 1910–1976

Female Bitterling

1935–1937
Gelatin silver prints
Image (each): 4 7/16 × 6 3/8 in. (11.3 × 16.2 cm)
Mount: 16 × 11 15/16 in. (40.6 × 30.4 cm)
Gift of the Photographic Society of America, Rochester Technical Section
Inscriptions Typed on applied label on mount recto below image: THE FEMALE BITTERLING as a biologic test for \ male hormone. The elongation of the ovipositor \ is considered a positive reaction. \ (Bottom:- Natural elongation in the process of \ ovipositation) About twice life size. \ 4 [in ink]
Typed on applied label on mount recto, BLC: PHOTOGRAPHED FOR THE N.Y. AQUARIUM \ BY SAMUEL CADY DUNTON
Printed in black on applied label on mount recto, BLC: 580
Inscribed in pencil on mount verso, TRC: 3 [circled]
Printed in black on orange applied label on mount verso, TL: first \ international \ exhibit \ SCIENTIFIC \ APPLIED \ PHOTOGRAPHY \ ROCHESTER \ TECHNICAL \ SECTION \ PHOTOGRAPHIC \ SOCIETY \ OF AMERICA \ RUNDEL LIBRARY \ MARCH 15 APRIL 3 \ 1937 \ ROCHESTER, N.Y.

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