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Title
Men on a fishing boat, ca.1930
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 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 men on a fishing boat, ca.1930. In the center, a man can be seen standing on a wooden platform, above the deck, holding a large fish with both hands. Behind him, a row of men are observable sitting on the edge of the boat, who are looking up towards the viewer, while holding either fishing rods or fishing strings with caught fish. In the foreground, another group of men are visible
some can be seen on the platform handling fish and others are holding fishing rods while looking at the viewer.
Fish can be seen scattered on the deck, almost covering the entire site ground, as well as on the wooden platform. Water is viewable in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
18 x 23 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11359
USC-2-1-1-11509 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-42695
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11359
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-42695.jpg
Subject
Fishing
Recreation--Fishing
Hydrographic features
Time Period
circa 1930
Place
California
USA
Source
42695 [Accession number]
84-1-53 [Microfiche number]
CHS-42695 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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