Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Photographer and story writer for the magazine Atlantic Fisherman, Fred G. Milliken wrote, 'Just a few of the frontier fishermen. Most of these boats now moored for the winter. The larger crafts - 55 to 70 ft. are idle until April. Smaller boats, under 40 ft. used all year. These boats carry fish to Eastern Maine factories.' <BR><BR>This is part of the Atlantic Fisherman collection: correspondence, photographs and news articles to and from the Atlantic Fisherman, a journal concerned with commercial fishing.
About This Item
- Title: Herring fishing fleet of Quoddy, ca. 1930
- Creator: Fred G. Milliken
- Creation Date: circa 1930
- Subject Date: circa 1930
- Location: Quoddy, Washington County, ME
- Media: Photoprint
- Dimensions: 13 cm x 18 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1670
- Collection: Atlantic Fisherman correspondence, photographs, and news articles
- Object Type: Image
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