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Title
Three men posing with two swordfish at Catalina Island, 1924
Date Created and/or Issued
1924-09-13
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 three men posing with two swordfish at Catalina Island, 1924. A written title along the bottom of the image reads "Our catch of Marlin Swordfish". Along with this, the weights of the two fish are shown, 155 pounds at left, and 135 at right. In-between the two fish, three men pose. Two men in the background hold fishing poles, while the third knees in front of them, a hand on each fish.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegatives, b&w
18 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m22599 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-49167
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m22599
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-49167.jpg
Subject
Fishing
Swordfish
Piers
Time Period
1924-09-13
Place
California
USA
Source
49167; 48167 [Accession number]
CHS-49167; CHS-48167 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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