New Mexico Governor Edwin L. Mechem
DateNovember 14, 1951
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions7 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (18.6 × 23.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker
Object numberPA2019.041.046
DescriptionNew Mexico Governor Edwin L. Mechem holds a 64-pound catfish toward the camera at a banquet given in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. He is holding the fish by the tail and by a string near its mouth. People smile as they are standing or sitting at tables behind Mechem. Mechem wears a patterned tie with a white shirt and a lighter colored blazer. His dark hair is combed away from his face. A newspaper caption pasted to the back of the photograph reads, "GOVERNOR CLUTCHES CATFISH -- New Mexico Governor Edwin L. Mechem displays the sixty-four pound catfish presented to him by Republicans attending a special banquet recently in Truth or Consequences, N.M." Photographer: Len SprouseOn View
Not on view
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