Photograph
Valda Valkyrien, publicity still with shark
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| Valda Valkyrien wears a very smart vertically striped dress under a dark double-breasted jacket. Apparently she has just caught a shark on a Florida beach. The Thanhouser Film Corporation, for which she worked from 1915 to 1917, filmed in Jacksonville, Florida, during the winters. |
| Image ID: | 69956 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1917 |
| Creator Name: | Thanhouser |
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| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | NF Valkyrien, Valda |
| Original Dimensions: | 3.5 x 5.5 inches |
| Original caption: "Now, Fellows, here is a 6 1/2 foot Man-Eating Shark weighing 141 pounds, and fairy, fascinating Valkyrien caught the monster on a hook and line after a 2 hour fight. But, don't forget it, the hook was a foot long and weighed 1 1/2 pounds, and there was 6 feet of forged chain between the hook and the line. The shark was caught off Coquina Beach, Florida, on a No. 16 hard-laid line. The monster gave some viscious long-distance spurts that laid open the hands of the peerless and fearless Valkyrien almost to the bone, but she hung on, boys, as you see." |
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