Crowd viewing a 20-foot basking shark caught by fishermen in Long Beach, Calif., 1955

Item Overview

Title: Crowd viewing a 20-foot basking shark caught by fishermen in Long Beach, Calif., 1955
Date Created: November 20, 1955
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Caption: HARPOONED SEA GIANT-- huge basking shark which was harpooned and brought ashore at Pierpont Landing, Long Beach, by three fishermen. The shark measures 20 feet 10 inches and weighs 2000 pounds.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 photograph
Dimensions: 10 x 12.5 cm.
Medium: b&w negative

Keywords

Genre: news photographs
Subjects: Spectators--California--Long Beach
Animals
Basking shark
Fishing--California--Long Beach
Location: Long Beach (Calif.)
Longitude: 33.7622767871098
Latitude: -118.193954229354
Resource type: still image

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Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: uclalat_1429_b257_95979
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002t8nm
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Rights Holder: The Regents of the University of California
Rights Country: US
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