I thought some of you all may appreciate this. Long story short my uncle found this photo/postcard at my grandmothers house, and told rumor of a 18 1/2 lb salmon to me. I immediately recognized it may be a photo of our state record fish, but alas my uncle had filed it away and was unsure of where it was. I was lucky enough to find it.
This is the fish from 1914, and is one of two fish that share the record (another one the same weight was caught in the 40’s):