Man in suit admires a huge halibut hanging among onlookers – Historic Print
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Description
This rare historic image captures Man in suit admires a huge halibut hanging among onlookers in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Man in suit admires a huge halibut hanging among onlookers
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A man in a suit stands beside a huge halibut hung up for display, with onlookers gathered around it. Fish of this size were a common sight at public markets and fishing ports in the early 1900s, when a catch like this could draw a crowd and serve as a kind of local spectacle. Picture-takers often posed the largest fish of a haul to show off the day's luck and the scale of the local fishing trade. Notice how the crowd's attention is split between the fish and the man admiring it, a detail that says as much about the event as the catch itself.
| Original scan | 2,746 × 3,529 px · prints to 9 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif12771_MayorLaGuardiaposeswitha300pou |
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