Designed in 1848 by Lewis Temple, a blacksmith, this was the
standard harpoon in American whaling from the mid-19th through
the early 20th centuries §.
National Museum of American History
Ocean Planet Exhibition Floorplan
gene carl feldman (gene@seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov) (301) 286-9428 Judith Gradwohl, Smithsonian Institution (Curator/Ocean Planet)