mail_outline sales@mediastorehouse.com
German Homage to Deep Sea Fishing Date: circa 1910s
Cornish Shark CatchA fascinated family crowd watch as fishermen weigh the days shark fishing catch at Looe, Cornwall, England. Date: early 1960s
Kiwi Swordfish CatchNew Zealand fishermen proudly show off their splendid swordfish catch. The total weight of the catch was 703 lbs! Date: 1930s
A Large CatchA large catch! Date: 1960s
Irish FishermenFishermen bringing in the days catch in choppy conditions, Ireland. Date: 1960s
Mother Watches GameA mother watches while her two children play a game of catch... Date: 1932
Fishing CatchTheres a catch in it ! Date: 1950s
Boildieu and PaintingsFRANCOIS ADRIEN BOIELDIEU The French musician is also an assiduous art collector, and draws this caricature of himself returning home with the days catch. Date: 1775 - 1834
Netted Rainbow TroutA rainbow trout in a fishing net. Trout fishing is done with an artifical fly and is the most sporting kind of fishing in England. Date: 1930s
Freshwater FishingA fisherman nets his catch from the River Suir, at Cappuk-on- Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland. Date: 1960s
Large Trout CatchA record catch. Such large fish (1 ft. 7 inches and 41 pounds in weight) are rare. The normal weight of a grown trout is 1 pound. The big red skin spots are typical. Date: 1930s
Bream CatchA fisherman wearing a visor and rubber waders, holds up a catch of bream, Lough Forbes, County Longford, Ireland. Date: 1960s
Kissing a Ladys HandA gentleman kisses a ladys hand through her glove, taking care not to catch his nose on the flap of her built-in wrist watch! Date: early 1930s
Vancouver Island - Manhousett Tribe FishermenVancouver Island, Canada - Manhousett Tribe Fishermen (probably Kwakwaka-wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth or Coast Salish tribesmen). The word Manhousett used to caption this card is probably a derivation of
Little girl on a Happy Christmas postcardA pretty little girl on a Happy Christmas postcard, with the inscription: Wait Till I Catch You Under The Mistletoe. circa 1916
Fishermen and boats in a harbour(Fishermen and boats in a harbour, with birds flying overhead. circa 1940s
Women gut Herring - Lowestoft, SuffolkWomen gut Herring at Lowestoft, Suffolk Date: circa 1910s
Fish SupperA fisherman stops off to buy his dinner after failing to catch anything Date: 1930s
Eeling in Kent / 1930SEel spearers at work on the marshes at Reculver, Kent, England. By digging a pronged spear into the mud, skilled eel catchers catch as many as ten pounds of eels an hour. Date: 1930s
Origin Species, CH Bennett, Office man - weaselCatch him asleep. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of an old pen pusher, from a weasel. Sat at his office desk for a generation
Edwardian friends inspecting a catch of fish, PembrokeshireA group of Edwardian friends inspecting a catch of fish in a large Pembrokeshire garden. The two men, one of whom is a vicar, are holding fishing rods
Two girls fishing in a stream. They are looking at what they have caught in a milk bottle
A couple of Sami people. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century
The Rat Hunt by John HassallA group of lively boys join in a rat hunt, charging after an unfortunate rat who has been discovered in a hay rick
The arrival of the catch - Boulogne-sur-Mer - destined for the Criee - the wholesale fish auction (market)
Unloading the pilchard catch at St Ives, CornwallFishermen unloading a catch of pilchards from their boats on the beach at St Ives, Cornwall. Men with horses and carts wait for a full load before setting off
Unloading the catch at St Ives, CornwallFishermen (left) unloading a catch on the beach at St Ives, Cornwall, while a man with horse and cart sets off with a full load
Sorting the herring catch at St Ives, CornwallFishermen sorting the herring catch from nets into boxes and baskets on the beach at St Ives, Cornwall
Fishmarket - LowestoftLowestoft, Suffolk - The fishmarket
Hunting Series (3 of 5) - Rabbit Shooting - In the Spinney
The Varsity rugby match 1932The Oxford university left wing on the run: V. G Jenkins passes the ball cleverly, as he falls, to his wing man, S.L Waide
A street in Buyukdere, Istanbul, Turkey. Old traditional Ottoman houses at the end of the Sultunate. The upper rooms overhanging the street are called Cumbas
Fishing on the ThamesA woman wearing shorts and a lovely striped blouse sits bare foot on the deck of her boat and fishes in the river Thames, assisted by her terrier dog, Bustle
Anglers glutA woman in a very chic outfit for fishing (blouse, cardigan, shorts, white shoes and crocheted beanie hat) sits with her rod beside a pile of fish
The Fish that WriggledA woman on the Norfolk Broads looks a bit unsure about holding a large fish, which apparently is intent on wriggling in her hands
A good catch, Norfolk 1932A lady wearing shorts and a sleeveless, V-necked blouse and with fashionably cropped hair holds a 2lb bream having caught it in the water on the Norfolk Broads
A whopping catch of bream, Norfolk, 1933A lady struggles to hold a fishing net bulging with bream, at Hickling Broad, Norfolk in the 1930s
Little Games for the Holidays - Bouncing the BeechumA curious game invented by Heath Robinson whereby a tiny ball or beechum is sprung into the air by the hefty use of a mallet while a number of public school boys wait to catch it with nets poised
Turkish woman fishingA Turkish woman in a small rowing boat does a spot of quiet fishing near Constantinople
Railway Sleeper - Grimsby StationThe Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing deep sea fisherman propped up against a bollard at Grimsby Station holding onto his latest catch of a giant cod! Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Bideford FishermenFishermen at Bideford, North Devon. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts
Pretty young Fish Seller, Russia, selling a catch of river fish from two small baskets by the side of the road
Brown Bear Cub AldinA brown bear cub tries to catch a badly thrown bun
BillingsgateFishing boats bring their catch to the quayside at Billingsgate fish market
Trout and Frog AldinA trout smiles up at a frog, little knowing that someone is trying to catch him!
Lear / Nonsense / RhodesThere was an Old Person of Rhodes, who strongly objected to toads; He paid several cousins, to catch them by the dozens, that futile Old Person of Rhodes
The Titanics crew catch sight of their relatives and friendRescued crew and passengers returning home to England on the Carpathia
Trapping Whelks on the Shores of the Caspian Sea by W. HeathThe first illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) to appear in The Sketch on March 21st 1906. Part of a humorous series called, The Gentle Art of Catching Things