Handliner -- Peter J. Rogers, 29, with the 570-pound bluefin tuna he caught on a handline off this Maine port Sunday. The big fish towed Rogers and his 14-foot skiff for 25 minutes before a sports fishing boat came to his aid, harpooning the tuna just as it broke the handline.

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Title:
Handliner -- Peter J. Rogers, 29, with the 570-pound bluefin tuna he caught on a handline off this Maine port Sunday. The big fish towed Rogers and his 14-foot skiff for 25 minutes before a sports fishing boat came to his aid, harpooning the tuna just as it broke the handline.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Sport: Fishing: Wirephotos
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. July 1971]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Fishing
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 208 x 282 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/pz50kz07s
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001074_0013
Barcode:
39999088103468