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RE: Vintage Dive Photos. - sonofadiver - 08-31-2015
This is the boat they picked up and sank in Christmas lake for divers in the early 1960s.
Early homemade air pump for diving.
Spearing common carp in Minnesota.
Our dive shop Minneapolis on Lake Street early 1960s.
Early dive equipment.
Early snorkel.
Not sure what this canoe is about, I think they donated it to a museum.
RE: Vintage Dive Photos. - seahuntjerry - 08-31-2015
cool pictures of your dive shop I was there
RE: Vintage Dive Photos. - stick500 - 08-31-2015
just for the record, those appear to be all common carp in the vintage spearfishing pics you've been posting
there are some grass carp in MN but they are pretty rare and I never see them in the big clear lakes I dive (Tonka mostly)
grass carp are a different species and are not as stocky as commons, but they get to be huge- they also have a different shaped mouth (no barbels and no sucker-type mouth)
their dorsal fin is more pronounced, too
they are also harder to catch on hook and line since they're mostly vegetarian but I caught one on a worm once (that's not me in the pic- just something I grabbed off google images)
RE: Vintage Dive Photos. - sonofadiver - 09-01-2015
Weeki Wachee springs Florida with some sort of underwater camera. My dad made his living from photography. He developed film and made prints in Burma for the army in WWII.
RE: Vintage Dive Photos. - stick500 - 09-01-2015
sonofadiver you certainly have enough great photos to make a book about the early history of diving in Minnesota
the technical quality of the pics is top notch
whether there's a big enough audience, well, that's another question
RE: Vintage Dive Photos. - seahuntjerry - 09-01-2015
Hi,
when did your family move to Orlando?
I do have book of photos from your Father,Lucky me.
RE: Vintage Dive Photos. - jasondbaker - 09-03-2015
Wonderful pictures. Thanks for sharing!
RE: Vintage Dive Photos. - doug67 - 09-03-2015
Great pics! Thanks for posting