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Image / Big jew fish caught off Santa Catalina Island, ca.1910-1930

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Title
Big jew fish caught off Santa Catalina Island, ca.1910-1930
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1910/1930
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of 3 men posing with 438-pound jew fish caught off Santa Catalina Island. Another fish lays on the ground beside it. The shop behind the hanging fish (hanging by a cord from its mouth) has photographs of other caught fish in the window. The sign above the shop reads "Jim Gardner's [...]head[...]s. [...] fish [...] specialty. [...]est [...] only".
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11355
USC-1-1-1-11505
USC-1-1-1-12108 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-887
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11355
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-887.jpg
Subject
Fishing
Recreation--Fishing
Industry--Fishing
Islands
Time Period
circa 1910/1930
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
islands: Santa Catalina Island
Source
1-26-; 1-107-10 [Microfiche number]
887 [Accession number]
CHS-887 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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