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Description: This card depicts a big game fishing charter boat named \"Lorna Doone\" underway on open ocean waters off New Zealand, with several anglers visible on deck and multiple outrigger rods deployed. The card is titled \"Big Game Fishing, New Zealand\" and features a New Zealand National Publicity Studios photograph. Big game fishing was a significant tourist attraction in New Zealand during this era, drawing international visitors to its deep-sea waters.
Publisher: Plastichrome by Colourpicture, Boston, Mass. 02130; distributed by South Pacific Views, dist. by Max Basker & Sons, Honolulu. Card No. P70149.
Posted: Posted July 1, 1969. Sent by Kent and Lorraine to Mrs. J. B. Switzer, 823 Alvarado St., San Francisco, California 94114. The message reads: \"Dear Mother — After 2 days in Papeete, we are on our way to Auckland — enjoying lovely sunsets and full moon on the Pacific. Leaving the Torrid Zone at midnight — has started to cool off a little. Love — Kent & Lorraine.\"
