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    • Historical Photo Archive Database (PHOTO)

    Metadata Updated: May 24, 2025

    Photo collections from 1870s through 2000s

    Access & Use Information

    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date May 15, 2025
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date May 24, 2025
    Reference Date(s) (publication)
    Frequency Of Update irregular

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NMFS NEFSC

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date May 15, 2025
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date May 24, 2025
    Reference Date(s) (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:26240
    Access Constraints Cite As: Northeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Historical Photo Archive Database (PHOTO) [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/26240., Access Constraints: NEFSC Data Access Constraint: If data is stored on an internal NEFSC network, the requester may not have direct access to query the data unless they are also authorized for network access.
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update irregular
    Harvest Object Id d26d1fcd-1192-4038-8f9f-24fb6e6d536a
    Harvest Source Id 523189fa-8edc-48e1-9ec5-f571e7dd923c
    Harvest Source Title NMFS NEFSC
    Licence NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
    Lineage Series of photographs and slides taken by or collected from the scientific staff and their colleagues; photographs and slides were scanned and converted to digital format; then organized and cataloged and coded by collection source and descriptions for each (where possible). The information about each photo is recorded in an Oracle database. A web interface is used to query and display the photograph and the associated information.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1869
    Temporal Extent End 2000

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