William J. "Senator" Morgan holding fishing rods, 1909 Catskill-Berkshire Tour
Description:
View of William J. "Senator" Morgan holding several fishing poles during the 1909 Catskill-Berkshire Tour sponsored by the New York Automobile Trade Association. Boy wearing cap holds a fishing line attached to Morgan's coat, as if leading him; group of men stand in background. The tour covered a route through New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Senator Morgan called everybody at a.m. to go fishing. Results of 5 hrs. of angling. Tours--Catskill-Berkshire Tour, 1909."