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[Billfish hung by the tail on a wharf]

This photograph was taken by Tudor Washington Collins (b.1898, d.1970), possibly in the 1940s.

 

This composition shows a swordfish hoisted from a pole and rope for display, with a wharf appearing in the foreground and coastal scenery filling the background.

 

The photographic medium is gelatin dry plate negative, 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-B487-09.

 

For more details, please visit: www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/record/1055049

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Uploaded on April 14, 2025
Taken on April 8, 2014