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[Two marlin being weighed on a wharf]

This photograph was taken by Tudor Washington Collins (b.1898, d.1970) in 1939.

 

This image shows two men standing to the left and four men standing to the right of suspended fish; the fish on the left has 'R. How Ozone Otehei Bay NZ 792 LBS' written on it, and the fish on the right has 'W.R. Macpherson[?] Movarie Otehei Bay NZ 670 LBS' written on it, while a coastline is appearing in the background (context: Otehei Bay).

 

The photographic medium is gelatin dry plate negative, measuring 82 mm x 107 mm (1/4 plate), on glass. It is classified under negatives/photographs/AAT Visual Works.

 

Credit: Shared by Auckland War Memorial Museum, Tāmaki Paenga Hira, as part of the Tudor Collins collection.

Rights: No known copyright restrictions.

Reference: PH-2013-7-TC-B52-06.

 

For more details, please visit: www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/record/1059037

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Taken on December 5, 2013