Sturgeon Schmalz [Published]

Photo caption from published version of 47-705_001 and photo missing from envelope: "CATCH FIVE-FOOT STURGEON - When a 62-inch sturgeon got caught in a log jam at Sturgeon Falls, E. J. Schmalz, Frederick Kadel and Fred Kelso, their guide, slugged the huge fish with a baseball bat and half and hour later landed the giant fish in the boat. Mr. Schmalz is show, top [47-705_001], with the sturgeon which weights 72 pounds. Below [missing from envelope, no suitable substitute] is a closeup of the head showing the large mouth."

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Title: Sturgeon Schmalz [Published]
Abstract: Photo caption from published version of 47-705_001 and photo missing from envelope: "CATCH FIVE-FOOT STURGEON - When a 62-inch sturgeon got caught in a log jam at Sturgeon Falls, E. J. Schmalz, Frederick Kadel and Fred Kelso, their guide, slugged the huge fish with a baseball bat and half and hour later landed the giant fish in the boat. Mr. Schmalz is show, top [47-705_001], with the sturgeon which weights 72 pounds. Below [missing from envelope, no suitable substitute] is a closeup of the head showing the large mouth."
Item description: Image of E. J. Schmalz looking at the camera while standing next to a sturgeon hanging from a tree branch.
General note: Title supplied by Kitchener-Waterloo Record staff.
47-705_001 and a photo missing from envelope appeared on Page 3 of the Monday, July 7, 1947 edition of the newspaper as part of the article: "Baseball Bay Subdues 5-Foot 72-Pound Fish."
Publisher: Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Collection: Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Location: 47-705
Identifier: 47-705_001
Date created: 1947-07-01
Date published: 1947-07-07
Extent: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 10 x 8 cm
Genre: negatives
Corporate creator name: Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Continent: North America
Country: Canada
Province: Ontario
Usage rights: Public Domain
Preferred citation: University of Waterloo Library. Special Collections & Archives. Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection. Sturgeon Schmalz [Published]. 47-714_001.