Crew of BELLE OF PORTUGAL Fishing with Irving Johnson and R.A. Dillon

black-and-white photograph

Black and white photograph 2 3/4in x 2 3/4in. Reverse inscription: “309”; “Tuna”; “R A Dillon” stamp in blue ink. Images and descriptions of this event appear in R.A. Dillon’s (1943:13) Around the World in the YACHT YANKEE. With Irving Johnson, R.A. Dillon observes and photographs the crew of the California tuna fishing vessel Belle of Portugal. Taken from the stern of the vessel looking forward, a man holds two tuna by their tails as others continue fishing in the background. Galapagos, November 1939—January 1940.