"The Whale People", written by Roderick Haig-Brown and illustrated by Mary Weiler, with dust cover and inscription on title page: "For Mary, most gratefully, Rod Haig-Brown". Brigid Weiler posed for some of the drawings.
Published by Collins, St. James's Place, London: 1962
Physical Description
1 book, 184 pages
Custodial History
Donated by Brigid Weiler, Feb. 2022
Scope and Content
"The Whale People", written by Roderick Haig-Brown and illustrated by Mary Weiler, with dust cover and inscription on title page: "For Mary, most gratefully, Rod Haig-Brown". Brigid Weiler posed for some of the drawings.
Photograph of a group of people in front of the freight shed on the Whaletown wharf. A sticker on the back indicates the photograph was originally from the collection of Gilean Douglas.
Photograph of a group of people in front of the freight shed on the Whaletown wharf. A sticker on the back indicates the photograph was originally from the collection of Gilean Douglas.
Photograph of a group of people holding large bouquets.
Front, L to R: Mary Ward, May Freeman, Judy Hansen (?), Mollie Milton, Peggy Pyner, (ID) far right.
Back: Elmer Ellingsen, (ID), Bob Borland (?), May Ellingsen, (ID)
Photograph of a group of people holding large bouquets.
Front, L to R: Mary Ward, May Freeman, Judy Hansen (?), Mollie Milton, Peggy Pyner, (ID) far right.
Back: Elmer Ellingsen, (ID), Bob Borland (?), May Ellingsen, (ID)
Photograph of a group of people holding large bouquets, possibly after a theatrical production. People include Elmer and May Ellingsen, Peg Pyner and May Freeman.
Photograph of a group of people holding large bouquets, possibly after a theatrical production. People include Elmer and May Ellingsen, Peg Pyner and May Freeman.
Photograph of a group of people holding large bouquets.
L to R: Mary Ward, Dick Emerson, May Freeman (face hidden), Elmer Ellingsen, Judy Hansen, Mollie Milton
Photograph of a group of people holding large bouquets.
L to R: Mary Ward, Dick Emerson, May Freeman (face hidden), Elmer Ellingsen, Judy Hansen, Mollie Milton