Fishing pole Friday

We don't know who these people are or even where the photographs were taken but it's a series of three I've found.

In the first photo we see the group seated on the steps.  The ladies have fishing poles and the little boy in front with the huge brimmed hat has a gun.  He's also the only one with barefeet!
















The next photo shows that same bare foot boy toting the fishing poles and his gun.  My favorite thing of all though are the ducks waddling around the the corner of the house behind him.















And last but not least a group photo in the great outdoors.

Trenton Outing Club, 1922

Trenton Outing Club, Reelfoot Lake Tennessee
1922, photograph by Verne Sabin

James H. Moran III was about as outdoorsy as they come.  He enjoyed hunting, trap shooting, boating, and sports.  He won and/or placed in several shooting competitions bringing home several silver cups.

In addition, he and many others were members of the Dresden Gun Club

"How do you like the looks of this"  With Love, Nancy"
To Mr James H. Moran, Dresden Tenn

The Trenton Outing Club was one of several sportsmen's lodges in the Reelfoot Lake Area.  I would imagine that Nancy sent this to Jim as a possibility for them to all visit the lodge.  The postcard is from 1922 and the photograph was taken by Verne Sabin.  Verne and Nonie Sabin operated a photography studio in Union City Tennessee from 1910 to 1924 when they moved to Texas.  The Tennessee State Library and Archives is home to a large collection of photographs by the Sabins including the Trenton Outing Lodge.