The Snapshots in Time Collection

Sailfish Catch Aboard Boat, Fishing Excursion, 1949

Sailfish Catch Aboard Boat, Fishing Excursion, 1949

A close-up view of sailfish caught during a 1949 deep-sea fishing trip, part of a personal photo album documenting a postwar excursion off the Mexican Pacific coast. Such catches, later displayed and photographed at beachfront weighing stations, were prized trophies of the sportfishing culture that flourished among American travelers in the late 1940s. Project: 218339