Publishing the history & culture
of Southeastern New England • Since 1981
Publishing the history & culture
of Southeastern New England • Since 1981
$17.00
ISBN 978-0932027-NEF
12” x 20” open size
13 Photographs
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The New England Fisherman celebrates one of America's oldest and most illustrious professions with 13 historical photographs of the fishing industry from Eastport, Maine to New York Harbor, scenes of dragging, lobstering, sword fishing, scalloping, oystering, dory fishermen, shipyards, wharves, rustic villages, and more. Includes a tide chart for 21 New England ports, moon phases, proverbs, and vintage engravings. Dramatic black & white photos suitable for framing make this a perennial favorite.
Chopping ice off trawler Surf, Boston, 1941
Narragansett on a trial run off Newport, RI., 1963
Fish packing, Gloucester, MA., circa 1905
Repairing fishing nets, New Bedford, MA., 1980
Cleaning freshwater fish, Winchester, CT., 1900
Packing alewives, Damariscotta, Maine, 1938
Provincetown trawler, Beatrice S., 1937
Ellis Landing, Brewster, MA., 1920s
Preparing cod for drying, Gloucester, MA., 1900
Bay scalloping, Fairhaven, MA., 1971
Unloading tuna at Boston Fish Pier, 1956
Scalloper Louise, New Bedford, MA., 1957
