Fishing

This photograph, from the museum’s Tyrrell Collection shows a boy fishing from a boat at an unidentified location.

The vertical format with a large expanse of water in the background of the image and the main subject in the relatively small proportion of the foreground lends a quasi-Japanese feel to the image. The photograph, with its peaceful idyllic atmosphere may have been intended for reproduction as a postcard.

Post by Kathy Hackett

Photography by unattributed studio, Tyrrell Collection

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Tags: childhood, fishing, leisure

The Powerhouse Museum's Photo of the Day blog features a new image each day, chosen from the Powerhouse Photo Library.

The majority of these images have been taken by Museum photographers for a variety of purposes such as for exhibitions, of objects in our collection, events, behind-the-scenes and location shots. We also feature many images taken by our Flickr community and from our visitors. We hope you enjoy the photographs and stories.

The licensing of each image varies however we are trying to release as many as possible under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.1 license.