{"id":2039,"date":"2011-09-07T07:30:28","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T07:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doddcenter.wordpress.com\/?p=2039"},"modified":"2012-12-03T20:42:55","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T20:42:55","slug":"the-man-with-the-fish-heres-the-scoop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2011\/09\/07\/the-man-with-the-fish-heres-the-scoop\/","title":{"rendered":"The Man With the Fish &#8212; Here&#8217;s the scoop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doddcenter.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/1996-0010_ph172.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2054\" src=\"http:\/\/doddcenter.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/1996-0010_ph172.jpg?w=234\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2011\/09\/1996-0010_ph172.jpg 2104w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2011\/09\/1996-0010_ph172-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2011\/09\/1996-0010_ph172-801x1024.jpg 801w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the deal\u00a0about\u00a0the man with the fish.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This gentleman is identified on the photograph as Walter Atkin who\u00a0presumably worked at the Tariffville Dam hydroelectric station\u00a0on the Farmington River\u00a0in Simsbury, Connecticut.\u00a0 The date of the photograph is 1948.\u00a0 This photograph is from the Hartford Electric Light Company Records, a collection of business records of this company that we have here at the Dodd Research Center.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/doddcenter.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/1996-0010_ph19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2041\" src=\"http:\/\/doddcenter.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/1996-0010_ph19.jpg?w=117\" alt=\"\" width=\"117\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2011\/09\/1996-0010_ph19.jpg 2122w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2011\/09\/1996-0010_ph19-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2011\/09\/1996-0010_ph19-803x1024.jpg 803w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 117px) 100vw, 117px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The collection has these photos of Mr. Atkin fishing directly from a window in the power station, something I personally think is hilarious.\u00a0 I wonder if his employers were aware that he was\u00a0spending his time in this manner while on the job.\u00a0 Hmmm&#8230;I wonder if my supervisors would approve my fishing in Mirror Lake during work time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hey,\u00a0it worked for Walter&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doddcenter.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/1996-0010_ph18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2042 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/doddcenter.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/1996-0010_ph18.jpg?w=117\" alt=\"\" width=\"117\" height=\"153\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Laura Smith, Curator for Business, Railroad and Labor Collections<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the deal\u00a0about\u00a0the man with the fish.\u00a0 This gentleman is identified on the photograph as Walter Atkin who\u00a0presumably worked at the Tariffville Dam hydroelectric station\u00a0on the Farmington River\u00a0in Simsbury, Connecticut.\u00a0 The date of the photograph is 1948.\u00a0 This photograph is &hellip; 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