Port Aransas Texas-1950: Woman in a White Dress Reaches to a Hanging Fish at a Tackle Shop Porch

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Year1950
Decade1950s
LocationPort Aransas, Texas, United States
Duration3s
Price$149 USD
Collection1950 · Port Aransas, Texas, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1950 · Texas & Port Aransas · Reel 6485dae1 contains 5 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

sport fishing
family vacation
small-town business
Gulf Coast life
postwar leisure
childhood

Shot type: medium
Camera: static
Setting: outdoor · Waterfront tackle shop porch with white clapboard buildings in a Gulf Coast fishing town
Time and weather: day · summer · clear
Lighting: bright natural daylight
People: 2 · A dark-haired adult woman in a white dress and red shoes, and a small fair-haired child in a light romper
Animals: fish
Objects: red fuel pump with hoses · large hanging fish · hook and tackle hanger · white wooden porch railing · shop sign · open doorway · fishing rods or poles
Readable signs: MATHEWS · TACKLE · PORT ARANSAS TEXAS
Colors: white · red · pale blue · grey-green
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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A woman in a white dress reaches up to a large fish hanging by the tackle shop door.
A small child peeks out from behind a porch post at right.
The child steps into view while the woman stays at the fish.
The child stands by the open doorway beneath the MATHEWS TACKLE sign.

Woman in a White Dress Reaches to a Hanging Fish at a... — Clip Details

Port Aransas, Texas, circa 1950 home movie footage. A dark-haired woman in a white dress and red shoes stands on the raised porch of a waterfront shop signed MATHEWS TACKLE and reaches up to a large silver fish hanging from a hook. A tall red fuel pump stands at left, and a small fair-haired child in a light romper peeks from behind a post at right, then steps into view. The single steady shot is framed through a white wooden railing on 8mm colour film.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 3s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001595

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Minors are visible. Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip, and a sensitive-use review is recommended.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: Yes
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1950 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Port Aransas, Texas, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Answers requests for circa 1950 colour footage of a Texas Gulf Coast fishing town, with a readable shop sign for documentaries on coastal leisure and local business.
Period detail: The woman's shirtwaist-style white dress, the tall red fuel pump and the hand-painted MATHEWS TACKLE sign may show a late 1940s or early 1950s waterfront.
Home-movie behavior: An unposed family moment: a woman examines a hung catch while a small child shyly peeks around a post, filmed by a companion on the trip.
What appears in frame: A woman in a white dress, a large silver fish on a hook, a red fuel pump, a small child by a doorway, white clapboard walls and a sign reading MATHEWS TACKLE.
Film character: Warm 8mm reversal colour with a pink cast in the whites, fine grain, slight softness and scattered dust specks, held steady in one take.
Edit role: Works as a short establishing insert for a fishing town sequence or as a memory beat about a family coastal holiday.
Historical context: Shows how a small waterfront tackle business with its own fuel pump served visiting anglers in a Gulf Coast fishing town around 1950.
Research note: Copyright in the film is separate from the likeness of the woman and child, who are unidentified, and from the business name on the sign; seek advice for commercial use.
Research search match: Matches searches such as 8mm home movie Port Aransas, 1950s tackle shop footage, vintage Texas fishing town and woman with hanging fish catch.
Archive pairing path: Pair with the Tarpon Inn hotel with 1940s cars and the woman in a red cap on a boat dock from this reel, then other Port Aransas footage, then postwar fishing trips.

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Woman in white dress reaching to a hanging fish at the Mathews Tackle porch, Port Aransas, Texas, circa 1950 — A woman reaches up to a hung fish beneath the MATHEWS TACKLE sign, Port Aransas, Texas, circa 1950.
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Small child peeking around a post at a Port Aransas tackle shop as a woman views a hung fish, circa 1950 — A small child peeks from behind a post while the woman stays beside the catch, circa 1950.
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Child in light romper steps out on the Mathews Tackle shop porch in Port Aransas, Texas, circa 1950 — The child steps into view on the tackle shop porch, Port Aransas, Texas, circa 1950.
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Red fuel pump and hand-painted MATHEWS TACKLE sign on a Port Aransas, Texas waterfront shop, circa 1950 — The red fuel pump and MATHEWS TACKLE sign frame the woman and child, circa 1950.
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