Green turtle caught off Cape Hatteras, April 28, 1913

photograph

PHOTOGRAPHS
Plummer, Henry M. Sr.
USA, NC, Manteo; USA, NC, Cape Hatteras
1913-04-28
paper
3-1/2 x 5 in.

Snapshot by Henry M. Plummer, Sr.; April 28, 1913, Manteo, NC, "They caught . . . a 75 lb. green turtle. . . The green turtle I caught off Hatteras weighted 80 lbs. The stick is three feet long."; from "The Boy, Me and the Cat", by Henry M. Plummer, Sr., cruise in 24 ft. catboat MASCOT from New Bedford, MA, to Miami, FL, October 1912 to June 1913. Caption from display panel 1964.36.7. RESTRICTED, FOR RESEARCH ONLY.

1964.36.7.11