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Catalina Island, Calif. 1909(?) Johna Jr. sitting in the mouth of one of two Jew fish [hanging from ropes] – Historic Reproduction

Catalina Island, Calif. 1909(?) Johna Jr. sitting in the mouth of one of two Jew fish [hanging from ropes], c1909. — historic photograph
Catalina Island, Calif. 1909(?) Johna Jr. sitting in the mouth of one of two Jew fish [hanging from ropes], c1909.. 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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Catalina Island, Calif. 1909(?) Johna Jr. sitting in the mouth of one of two Jew fish [hanging from ropes] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Catalina Island, Calif. 1909(?) Johna Jr. sitting in the mouth of one of two Jew fish [hanging from ropes]

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Johna Jr. sits inside the open mouth of one of two large fish hung from ropes on Catalina Island, off the Southern California coast. The caption calls them "Jew fish," an older name for the giant sea bass that anglers caught in those waters, though the term has since been dropped. The island's resort town of Avalon drew sport fishermen hunting trophy catches in the early 1900s, which made such displays a popular subject. P.V. Reyes of Avalon copyrighted the photoprint, but the c1909 date comes from an unverified caption card.

Created / publishedc1909.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint copyrighted by P.V. Reyes, Avalon, Calif. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan966 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-160220

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