Category: The Black Star Collection
Object Type: photograph
Photographer: MERRITT III, Vernon
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.238817

Inscriptions:
recto, [no inscriptions]; verso, handwritten in black ink: 3 young birds waiting for a food bearing / parent. They are also nervous about my presence. / Avery Island is the highest point in / the bayour county as it [word crossed out] is [illegible] / by a SALT DOME. Here is one of the / largest Egret [illegible] in CA if not country. / Wilding here, particularly birds are and will be / protected from the intrusion of man’s environment. / The central [ampersand] northern parts of the island are inhabited / by a SALT MINING OPERATION and the [illegible] that makes / TABASCO SAUCE. It is a private island, owned and / maintained by descendants of E. Maclhenny ((sp. [underlined)), who / are committed to its preservation.; handwritten in pencil: 88445 Blm / [line] / 2c1 / [line] / 35; stamped in black ink: [star symbol] / Credit:: / [handwritten in blue ink] Vernon Merritt / from BLACK STAR

Tagasauris Keywords: Bird; Day; Egret; Lake; Landscape; No Photostyle; Nobody; Nobody; Outdoors; Science and technology; Still Life; Twig; Water reservoir; Wood
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: BIRDS / EGRETS
Retouching: N