Friends Fishing

How charming is this little line drawing from a vintage children’s book? A trio of friends fishing is the subject of this drawing. Two young boys and a young girl are all fishing from a dock and a small boat tied to the dock. Off in the distance appears to be a large bridge and at least one large ship at port.

It does appear that the kids may not really hope to catch anything. After all, they don’t have a bucket or a creel to take their catch home in – just three friends having fun on a nice day. This fishing image was drawn by Elmer Boyd Smith (1860-1943) who also wrote The Seashore Book which was published in 1912.

Friends Fishing

This image is copyright free and in the public domain anywhere that extends copyrights 70 years after death or at least 120 years after publication when the original illustrator is unknown.