Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photographic portrait of three men posing with their catch, ca.1930. A giant fish can be seen in the center hanging from a rope tied inside its mouth and around a hook above it. To its right, a man wearing dark-colored clothes with spectacles and a cap that reads "Barge Billings CAPTAIN" is touching the head of the fish with one hand and holding what appears to be a hook with the other the fish is noticeably standing taller than this man. A second man is standing to its left while grabbing the upper lip of the fish and holding up a fishing rod with the other hand. A third man is visible almost behind the second man, standing on a slightly higher ground he is wearing a zipped sweater over lined dark pants and a scarf around his neck. One of his hands is holding the hook from which the fish is hanging. There is a life-guard on the left foreground which says "Barge Billings" on it. What appears to be a wooden dock is partially visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 23 x 18 cm. photographic prints photographs
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