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[A swordfish caught on a fishing line jumping out of the sea]

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

 

This scene depicts the sea encompassing the frame, showing a swordfish and the faint outline of a fishing line.

 

The photographic medium is gelatin dry plate negative, measuring 118 x 90 x 25 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-B294-03.

 

For more details, please visit: www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/record/1057227

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Uploaded on April 14, 2025
Taken on February 5, 2014