This is a black-and-white historical photograph depicting a man standing beside a display of freshly caught salmon, which are strung up on a wooden rack. The man is wearing a hat, a pipe in his mouth, and a casual suit, holding what appears to be a fishing tool. The caption below reads: "Salmon fishing.—'Impelled by the irresistible call of nature, they come in countless millions to the fresh water streams to propagate their kind, and, when this last task is done, to die.'" This image captures the essence of early 20th-century salmon fishing practices and reflects on the natural life cycle of salmon.

John Jasper Underwood. Alaska, an Empire in the Making, Underwoood, 1913, Facing 194, Salmon. Montana State University-Bozeman.