SNAPPING SNAPPERS, RED SNAPPER AND GROUPER FISHING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO

The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Fishing boat at dock - workers unload catch. “Ever weigh your own day’s catch like this?” Weighing large metal buckets full of fish - workers cleaning fish. “Scales without a note.” “Don’t kick; even the fish get it in the neck.” Worker chops off heads of fish - worker removing fish from tank with spike. “Starting on a long cold trip.” Packing fish and ice in barrels. “The End.” Workers on deck of fishing boat loading fish into hold. “Getting up in the world?” Sailor climbing rigging on mast. “Every mother’s son, a worthy salt. They prefer to shave with old-fashioned razors and chew cut plug.” Crew poses on deck of boat. “And he says to me, ‘You know what they do in Italy when it rains?’ and I says, ‘No, what?’ And he says, ‘Why, they let it rain.’” Crew members laugh and joke. “The end of a salty day.” Crew lounging on deck. “Homeward bound.” Views of deck, helmsman, sail from deck of boat. “Ships that pass in the day.” Three-masted schooners and two-masted sailing boats pass. “Grouping groupers and snap-less snappers.” “When they bite they bite-like suckers.” Crew tending lines thrown over side - haul in fish. “Taking the snap out of the snappers.” Hauling fish aboard, removing hooks - crew member displays large fish. “Putting the fish below so they won’t get wet.” Fishing boats tied up at dock - crew working with lines. “Out on the Gulf searching for Red Snappers.” “The life of a salt water dog is one new trick after another.” Sailor with small dog. “Had Jonah used tackle like this, the whale would not have mistaken Jonah for bait.” Crew baiting hooks. “The sharper the hooks the fewer get away.” Crew member filing hook. “Fish eat fish, so little fish are used to catch big fish.” Preparing bait. “Searching for snappers.” “Casting.” “No strike today.” Hauling up empty lines - hoisting sail. “Try again.” Lines overboard - hauling in fish. [1919]