Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Photo taken at very low tide (24 to 26 feet). The weir gate is open for unloading. Small row boats and dories are used at weirs that caught sardine herring.
About This Item
- Title: Unloading catches, Eastport, ca. 1930
- Creator: Fred G. Millikin
- Creation Date: circa 1930
- Subject Date: circa 1930
- Location: Eastport, Washington County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 10 cm x 15 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1670, Env. 2
- Collection: Atlantic Fisherman correspondence, photographs, and news articles
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Dories
- Fishing boats--Maine
- Fishing industry--Maine--Eastport--Photographs
- Fishing nets
- Fishing weirs--Maine--Eastport
- Fishing--Maine
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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