It is actually very simple. All you have to do is climb up the lighthouse and jump on to the picture. The picture will be of the Construction of the Puffin Point Lighthouse.
at the playground
you find it at puffin point flying next to the lighthouse.
you collect the comic peices and go back to the man and he will give you the gum
no they just call him big nate cause he lookes big on the island picture.
Its floating in the air by the left side of the lighthouse.
go to picture place talk to him then big nate
The historical photo is blowing in the wind by the left side of the lighthouse. Climb up and jump to catch it. (You should take it to the "Say Cheese" photo shop.) (see related question)
it is floating in the air at the city docks
YOU GO TO THE LIGHT HOUSE AND YOU JUMP THEN GET IT!
you get it from the camera man you have to trade a picture with him though
you go to the picture place and show it to the school picture guy and he will trade it for scuba gear which you can use to go diving
Big Nate books are:Big Nate in a Class by Himself,Big Nate Strikes Again, Big Nate On a Roll,Big Nate Goes for Broke, Big Nate Flips Out,Big Nate Out Loud, Big Nate From the Top, Big Nate and Friends, Big Nate Makes the Grade,and Big Nate What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Some of these books have only comics, and some are books without them.