fishing industry

Allegory of the Flowering of the Dutch Fishing-industry after the Seco...

Public domain image of military forces, cavalry, horses, horseriding, 18th-19th century war, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Kanbara, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows fishermen pulling ashore large fish nets. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Tōkaidō Road. Format: horizon... More

Joseph G. Tirrell - Man on deck of docked whaling ship

Black and white photograph of deck of a whaling ship with moustached man in suit and derby standing at left with hand on mast rigging; 2 whaleboats stored directly above. Ship is docked with whale oil barrels s... More

Joseph G. Tirrell - Ship Chandlery, building in Taber's Block

Black and white photograph of Ship Chandlery & Maritime. Hardware building in Taber's Block at foot of Taber's Wharf, New Bedford, Massachusetts. Behind and to left of the 4-story brick and granite building is ... More

Joseph G. Tirrell - New Bedford waterfront

Black and white photograph of New Bedford, Massachusetts waterfront showing wood framed commercial buildings, including J.D. Briggs Ship smith and Pump and Block Maker; multi-story granite building partially vi... More

The fish question settled - Public domain print

A facetious, and somewhat racist, look at public opinion surrounding the controversy over American fishing rights in British-controlled waters off North America. (See also "John Bull's Fish Monopoly," no. 1852-... More

John Bull's fish monopoly - Victorian era public domain image

An anti-British satire, reflecting American enragement at Britain's tightening of restrictions on territorial waters open to American fishermen off the coast of Canada. In July 1852, England notified the Unite... More

Cod-fishing on the Newfoundland shores

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 2, 1858 May 22, p. 333.

Boat Yard Workers - New Bedford library collection

Black and white copy photo enlargement of two workmen standing outside in front of boat "Mary T" of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Courtesy of New Bedford Free Public Library

New Bedford Fishing Boat, Massachusetts

Black and white photo of fishing boat Bernice with dory hanging from mast, docked at pier, New Bedford Fish Co. building in background. Courtesy of New Bedford Free Public Library

Fish house, Quincy Massachusetts

Germantown Point Courtesy of Thomas Crane Public Library

First haul of the season - salmon industry, Oregon

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First haul of the season - salmon industry, Oregon

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Fish wheels, Oregon, Stereoscope Card.19th century. Boston Public Lib...

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First haul of the season - salmon industry, Oregon

reverse side of stereoscopic card

Chinamen filling the cans, Stereoscope Card

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Chinamen filling the cans, Stereoscope Card

reverse side of stereoscopic card

Lost in the fog on the banks of Newfoundland / drawn by M.J. Burns.

Two fishermen in a dory. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 23, 1879 Nov. 22, p. 928.

Cleaning codfish on the Cape Ann wharf, Gloucester

reverse side of stereoscopic card Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history - Picryl description.

Cleaning codfish on the Cape Ann wharf, Gloucester

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Clearing the track - on the banks in a fog / from a painting by M.J. B...

Two fishermen in a dory on the Newfoundland Banks. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 24, 1880 March 27, p. 200.

The Newfoundland fisheries - hardships and perils of the fisherman's l...

Four scenes including fishermen catching halibut, fishermen catching haglets for bait, two fishermen lost at sea in a dory, and women at Gloucester, Massachusetts grieving as men tell them the "bad news from th... More

Newfoundland - the cod-fishery at Heart's Content - extracting the liv...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1885 Oct. 31, p. 173.

Dry Docked Fishing Boat, Massachusetts

Black and white photo of fishing boat C7309 dry docked and being repaired. Courtesy of New Bedford Free Public Library

In search of bait on the Newfoundland coast--Hauling capelin bait at H...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 31, 1887 Aug. 13, p. 576.

Interviewing Newfoundland fishermen as to the presence of cruisers ins...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 31, 1887 Aug. 13, p. 576. Reference copy in LOT 4426-B.

New Metlakahtla, Indian Salmon Cannery. 19th Century Alaska Sterescope...

Alaska stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who assem... More

Newfoundland cod-fishery wood engraving, Library of Congress

Newfoundland cod-fishery--Fishing on the Banks / F. De Haenen.

Two French fishermen in a dory. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 35, 1891 Oct. 17, p. 796.

The Sponge fleet, Nassau, Bahama Islands

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013477. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Handling a cargo from the fishing banks, Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Title from negative D4-18807. "2918" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 090105. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Sponge yard along the docks, Nassau, Bahama Islands

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[Handling a cargo from the fishing banks, Gloucester, Massachusetts.]

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Sponging fleet in harbor, Nassau, W.I

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). "WHJ 39" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013492. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Salmon works, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Sponge fleet, Nassau, Bahama Islands

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Fishing schooner at "T" wharf, Boston, Massachusetts.

Photo shows the schooner Mary G. Powers, which was lost at sea in 1906. (Source: C. Seavey, 2019) Title from jacket. "1683" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033316. Gift; State Historical Society of Colo... More

Portland, Me., drying fishermen's nets

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 073466. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Loading boxes of salmon] Petersburg - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

[Miami, Fla., fish docks along the Miami]

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Old Fish House, Kennebunk Port [i.e. Kennebunkport], Maine

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[Portland, Me., drying fishermen's nets]

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[Fishing schooner at "T" wharf, Boston, Massachusetts.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Salmon works, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Old Fish House, Kennebunk Port i.e. Kennebunkport, Maine

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 012465. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Russian church - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Two hundred pound halibut, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Halibut ready for shipment - 65,000 pounds, Alaska - Frank G. Carpente...

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Sponging fleet in harbor, Nassau, W.I.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sponge yard along the docks, Nassau, Bahama Islands

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 017689. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Cordova Alaska - Carlisle Packing Co. "Cannery" Cordova, Alaska

Photograph shows general exterior view of cannery with boats tied to dock and anchored in water next to building. No. 238.

Russian church, Alaska. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Unloading fish at "T" wharf, Boston, Massachusetts.

Title from jacket. "1685" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033317. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The Sponge fleet, Nassau, Bahama Isl[an]ds

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fish processing plant Bay State Freezer Co. off Wharf Lane, Yarmouth P...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, ... More

Fisher schooners at "T" wharf, Boston, Massachusetts

Photo shows the schooner George H. Lubee (on the left) and possibly the Fannie Bell Atwood on the right. (Source: Charles Seavey, 2015) Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on vide... More

Schooners unloading fish - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Weighing up the catch, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018808. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Unloading Gorton's codfish, Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a boat, water, fishing, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fish flakes, Gloucester, Massachusetts. - Public domain image. Dry pla...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Handling a cargo from the fishing banks, Gloucester, Massachusetts.

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Handling a cargo from the fishing banks, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018807. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fish flakes, Gloucester, Massachusetts - Public domain image. Dry plat...

"2543" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018008. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Along the wharves, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Photo shows the sloop Azorian, on the outboard side. (Source: Charles Seavey, 2015; updated 2018) Probably fishing schooners. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018012. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Weighing up the catch, Gloucester, Massachusetts.

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Drying the nets, Charlevoix, Mich.

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Fishing smacks, Mackinac Island, Mich

"Silver Chief" on boat in foreground. "G 3176" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019032. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Drying fish, Gloucester, Massachusetts - Public domain image. Dry plat...

"3068" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018882. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Drying fish, Gloucester, Massachusetts - Detroit publishing company. P...

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018882. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Mending the nets, Charlevoix, Mich.

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Drying fish, Gloucester, Massachusetts. - Public domain image. Dry pla...

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Drying the nets, Charlevoix, Mich

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019000. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Drying fish, Gloucester, Massachusetts.

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General view of Gloucester, greatest fishing port in the world, U.S.A

No. 12847. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fishing smacks, Mackinac Island, Mich.

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Mending the nets, Charlevoix, Mich

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30480. "G 3272" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019001. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Portland Packing Company, Brooks, Me.

Photograph shows packing company buildings. Photograph by Charles A. Townsend, Belfast, Me.

Fishermen at home, Columbia River, Oregon

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Fishermen at home, Columbia River, Oregon

reverse side of stereoscopic card

Sevriuzh'e rybolovstvo pod g. Gur'evym, rodinoi I.I. Zheleznova.

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Lobster fishing industry near Grindstone Inn, Winter Harbor, Maine

Photograph shows lobster traps stacked in several piles on th shoreline along with bouys and nets.

Old fishing docks, Portland, Me

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072633. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sardine canneries at Eastport, Me. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Group of workers at Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #4, Eastport, Me. L...

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Minnie Thomas, a 9 year old girl, works regularly in Seacoast Canning ...

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A group of young cartoners in Seacoast Canneries, #4., not the younges...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2442. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Phoebe Thomas, a little while after the accident. Location: Eastport, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2445. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Hiram Pulk, 9 years old, cuts some in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #1...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2427. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Minnie Thomas, a 9 year old girl, works regularly in Seacoast Canning ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2459. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

All these boys are cutters in the Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #7. Ag...

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5 year old Preston, a young cartoner in a Maine Canning Co. I saw him ...

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"I cut my finger off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven year old ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2447. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

George Goodell, and butcher knife used by many children. Location: Eas...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2456. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Allen Chaffey, 9 years old, 37 Clark St., Eastport, Me., helps mother ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2411. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Richard Mills, 8 years old, showing a severely cut finger. Is a cutter...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2407. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More