Let’s take a break from our winter-themed posts. We could all use a respite from the below-freezing temperatures, incessant winds, and piles of snow still lining the sidewalks, driveways, and playgrounds.
Fast forward to summer. Strap on your Mary Janes and get your favorite striped T-shirt out of storage. We’re going fishing with this young mariner and mother. Dressed to impress for a presumedly warm morning at sea, they’ve returned from their fishing trip with an Atlantic bluefin tuna, perfectly sized for the dinner table.
Dave Edwardes, a local photographer, captured this proud moment sometime in the 1950s or 1960s. A few hundred of his photographs have been digitized and are available on New York Heritage Digital Collections. Dave often wrote captions on the negative sleeves, but this photograph came unannotated.
Can you help us identify the people and boats in this photograph? Leave a comment or email archives@montauklibrary.org.
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