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[Portrait of a woman standing beside a suspended marlin on a wharf]

This photograph was taken by Tudor Washington Collins (b.1898, d.1970) in 1938.

 

In this photo, there is a woman wearing a broad-rimmed hat with one hand resting on the dorsal fin of a fish which has the inscription '336 11.3.38' visible on its side, while a fishing rod is standing next to her, and the sea and coastline appear in the background.

 

The photographic medium is gelatin dry plate negative, measuring 107 mm x 82 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-B31-08.

 

For more details, please visit: www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/record/1059288

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Uploaded on April 14, 2025
Taken on November 25, 2013