Fishermen hauling in blackfish, location unknown, ca. 1900

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

ca. 1900

GUSN

GUSN-180489

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General photographic collection
Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
Subjects
Fishing
Fishing
Fishermen hauling in blackfish, location unknown, ca. 1900
(current record)

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General photographic collection
- Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
  - Subjects
    - Fishing
      - Fishing
        Fishermen hauling in blackfish, location unknown, ca. 1900 (current record)
        Fishermen and boats surrounding three small whale corpses at the shoreline, location unknown, undated
        Group of men fishing for herring, Taunton, Massachusetts, undated

Description

Fishermen haul several blackfish, also known as pilot whales, onto the shore.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fishing
boats
oceans
labor
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Physical Description

1 photograph ; 6 1/2 x 8 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.02.2750.0100.001

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

6 1/2 x 8 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Cape Cod (Barnstable county, Massachusetts) [peninsula]

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Subjects

Blackfish whales

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg.100-101

Description Level

Item

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