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[A caught shark]

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

 

This scene depicts a shark being suspended diagonally by its tail over the edge of a wharf, while the feet of a person are showing standing on the wharf in the upper right, and a boat is appearing 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-B150-12.

 

For more details, please visit: www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/record/1058505

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Taken on December 18, 2013