Fishmonger slicing into a giant tuna fish

Fishmonger slicing into a giant tuna fish

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Science Museum Group Collection

A photograph of a fishmonger slicing into a tuna fish, taken in August 1933 by Leslie Cardew for the Daily Herald.

The tuna weighed 640 lbs (290.3 kg). Caught off the coast of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, it is pictured for sale in a fishmongers in Camberwell, London.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/C03789
Materials:
paper
type:
gelatin silver print and photograph
rights:
National Science and Media Museum