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Tarpon standing on his tail – Vintage Wall Art

Tarpon standing on his tail, c1926 Sept. 17. — historic photograph
Tarpon standing on his tail, c1926 Sept. 17.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Tarpon standing on his tail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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A large tarpon stands upright on its tail in this photograph, which the caption card dates to about 1926, when the silver game fish drew sportsmen to Florida's Gulf coast. Venice, Florida, was one of the places where anglers pursued tarpon, and the Venice Tarpon Club registered the copyright for this print, made by a photographer named Koons. Tarpon are known for leaping and thrashing when hooked, so a fish captured in such a dramatic pose was a fitting subject. The record data is unverified, so the exact date and details should be read with that caveat in mind.

Created / publishedc1926 Sept. 17.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesJ285287 U.S. Copyright Office Photoprint by Koons, copyrighted by Venice Tarpon Club, Venice, Fla. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,003 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-170880

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