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AARGH Matey! We be digging for buried treasure here

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Description

AARGH Matey! We be digging for buried treasure here. Not really - just digging an anchor hole for a visual signal for both geodetic and hydrographic surveypurposes.

Photographer

Rear Admiral Harley D. Nygren

Display Date

1950 circa

Collection

Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey

NOAA Affiliation

NOAA Corps (ret.)