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If Mrs. Lerner, holding the rod, was excited, it was excusable. She was landing the first swordfish every caught by a woman with rod and line in Canada. It is Cape Breton water, and it's a job boating the big fish.
If Mrs. Lerner, holding the rod, was excited, it was excusable. She was landing the first swordfish every caught by a woman with rod and line in Canada. It is Cape Breton water, and it's a job boating the big fish.

If Mrs. Lerner, holding the rod, was excited, it was excusable. She was landing the first swordfish every caught by a woman with rod and line in Canada. It is Cape Breton water, and it's a job boating the big fish.

Date3/31/1941
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0062635F
Michael Lerner, below left, lands a broadbill swordfish off Cape Breton after an exciting struggle
Michael Lerner, below left, lands a broadbill swordfish off Cape Breton after an exciting struggle
7/26/1944
Right, in the chequered shirt, one of the most famous of all big game fishermen, Michael Lerner watches the boating of a powerful swordfish he has reeled in off Nova Scotia
Right, in the chequered shirt, one of the most famous of all big game fishermen, Michael Lerner watches the boating of a powerful swordfish he has reeled in off Nova Scotia
3/2/1946
There are two ways of catching belligerent swordfish in the Cape Breton waters where they are plentiful
There are two ways of catching belligerent swordfish in the Cape Breton waters where they are plentiful
3/29/1947
With rifles and rods, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lerner
With rifles and rods, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lerner
3/31/1941
The day's biggest was this 850-pound swordfish landed at Louisburg, the centre of Cape Breton's swordfish industry
The day's biggest was this 850-pound swordfish landed at Louisburg, the centre of Cape Breton's swordfish industry
5/25/1946
A swordfish weighing 500 pounds is at the end of that line and Michael Lerner on the swivel seat has a fight on his hands.
A swordfish weighing 500 pounds is at the end of that line and Michael Lerner on the swivel seat has a fight on his hands.
4/28/1945
A brief sketch of the Cape Breton Mission, with a notice of the late Mrs
A brief sketch of the Cape Breton Mission, with a notice of the late Mrs
1851
Clinging to box cars, many Toronto folk rode the rods for the first time yesterday as they sought every possible vantage point along the right-of-way (...)
Clinging to box cars, many Toronto folk rode the rods for the first time yesterday as they sought every possible vantage point along the right-of-way (...)
6/7/1939
One Point Landing: Tennis King Rod Laver looks more like a ballet dancer than the top man of his sport as he lands after making a return during final yesterday against Roy Emerson
One Point Landing: Tennis King Rod Laver looks more like a ballet dancer than the top man of his sport as he lands after making a return during final yesterday against Roy Emerson
2/18/1973
The American angler's book: embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them. With instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making; and directions for fish-breeding. To which is appended, dies piscatoriae: describing noted fishing-places, and the pleasure of solitary fly-fishing. Illustrated with eighty engravings on wood
The American angler's book: embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them. With instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making; and directions for fish-breeding. To which is appended, dies piscatoriae: describing noted fishing-places, and the pleasure of solitary fly-fishing. Illustrated with eighty engravings on wood
1864
Mrs Peg McKay joins her husband Henry (right) and Dr Rod Tennyson is examining a list of sightings of unidentified flying objects
Mrs Peg McKay joins her husband Henry (right) and Dr Rod Tennyson is examining a list of sightings of unidentified flying objects
11/12/1970
Excited fan, Mrs. Gladys Cumberland watches Canada-Soviet hockey game on color television set at Lord Simcoe hotel today as she celebrates 82nd birthday
Excited fan, Mrs. Gladys Cumberland watches Canada-Soviet hockey game on color television set at Lord Simcoe hotel today as she celebrates 82nd birthday
9/22/1972