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The Embalmed Whale That Touring America | Lexington News
In 1930, Lexington, Kentucky, became an unlikely hub for marine wonder as a 50-foot finback whale named Goliath—embalmed and packed in a railroad car—rolled into town. Drawn by sensational headlines and lectures from the whale’s supposed captors, crowds flocked to see this “Transcontinental Captive Whale,” a bizarre spectacle in a city of just 45,000. While Captain Lee Teller dazzled audiences with tales of harpoon cannons and factory ships, the exhibit also served as a grim mirror to the dying whaling industry, with local papers quietly warning of impending extinction. Goliath’s brief…
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