April Fool's Day, 1939
The Largest Fish Ever Caught
The Honolulu
Star-Bulletin ran a picture (see left) and an accompanying article about "the largest fish ever caught." Trick photographs showing oversized fish or farm produce were especially popular in America during the first decades of the twentieth century. For another example, check out this
image from the
Hoax Picture Gallery.
Text copyright © 2002 Alex Boese