Fishes

Three Republican Congressmen from Maine present President Harry S. Truman with a salmon in the Oval Office. The ten-pound salmon was the first taken on fly from the Penobscot River. Shown from left to right: Representative Robert Hale of Portland; President Harry S. Truman; Representative Frank Fellows of Bangor; and Representative Charles D. Nelson of Augusta. Donated by the Chicago Sun-Times.

President Harry S. Truman (center) receiving a gift of fish from the Guy Rathbun Post of the American Legion in Kelso, Washington. With President Truman are Congressman Russell Mack (left) and Senator Harry P. Cain (right), both of Washington.

President Harry S. Truman (center) receiving a gift of fish from the Guy Rathbun Post of the American Legion in Kelso, Washington. With President Truman are Congressman Russell Mack (left) and Senator Harry P. Cain (right), both of Washington.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks (right) poses for a photo with his wife, Zelda Parks (left), with their fish that they caught during a fishing trip.

Zelda Parks, wife of Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks, stands next to four fish she apparently caught during a fishing trip.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks stands next to a board displaying fish caught during a fishing trip.

Rear Admiral Lewis S. Parks stands next to fish hanging from a fish hanging rack in Key West, Florida.

A closer look at Admiral William Leahy's and William Hassett's catch in Key West, Florida. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives, 4 X 5 negatives.

Tuna boats unload their daily catch at the port markets in Misaki, Japan. All people are unidentified.

Two unidentified members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party show off a fish they caught while fishing off the coast of Key West, Florida. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.