History; Birds; Birds of prey; Endangered species; Photography;
A pair of Californian condors near their nest site in Los Angeles. This is a hand painted glass slide by Finley and Bohlman as pair of their condor series in 1906. "The female of this pair was shot by a collector in 1908, and offered for sale...
History; Endangered species; Birds; Birds of prey; Photography;
Young California condor at nest site near Los Angeles. William Finley would later take this young condor, "General", as a pet to his home in Oregon called Jennings Lodge
History; Endangered species; Birds; Birds of prey; Photography;
Young California condor chick at nest near Los Angeles Finley and Bohlman had seen hatch. "He was scantly clothed, for behind his little wings the flesh was bare and his belly was bare; while the rest of his coat was down of pure white, to...
History; Endangered species; Birds; Birds of prey; Perching birds; Photography;
A condor perching on a dead snag above its nesting site near Los Angeles. "The old pine where the condor perched had fallen to decay. An automobile road now curves up the mountain above Eaton Canyon. The condor family pictured in these pages...
History; Endangered species; Birds; Birds of prey; Perching birds; Photography;
The Finley's pet condor "General" perching on an old tree with his wings spread at the Finley's home in Oregon known as Jennings Lodge. "General showed a mark of intelligence that measured up to any pet we have ever kept."...
A Filney and Bohlman hand painted glass slide of California gull's in Klamath Marsh, 1905. "It seems to me that the gull is more nearly at the head of class than any other bird, when it comes to intelligence... he lives s simple, easy life,...
William Finley and Herman Bohlman getting ready for a boat trip at Tule lake, Klamath Marsh, in 1905. Klamath would later become a bird refuge in 1908 due to photographs taken by Finley and Bohlman of the area in 1905.
Finley, Bohlman, and teamster on thier way to Klamath Marsh to photograph wildlife in 1905. Finley and Bohlman's work during 1905 would help Klamath become a bird refuge in 1908.
Finley and Bohlman at a camp site in Klamath Marsh during 1905 trip. William Finley on the right cleaning a pot while Herman Bohlman on the left cooks a meal. Their work together photographing the area would later help Klamath become a bird refuge...
Dallas Lore Sharp with a common murre at Three Arch Rocks bird refuge during a summer visit in 1912 with his son Dallas Jr. to Oregon to see William Finley.
Birds; History; Fishing; Fishes; Recreation; Rivers and streams; Wildlife refuges;
William Finley examining his catch at Klamath Marsh during a 1905 photography trip with his partner Herman Bohlman. Finley and Bohlman's photographs of the area in 1905 would later help Klamath become a bird refuge in 1908.
