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Description
Part of the Booth Fishery Co. of Eastport, Maine these modern sardine carriers (c. 1930) carried 60 hogsheads of fish., cost $15,000 each and had 60 hp crude oil engines.
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: Modern sardine carriers, ca. 1930
- Creator: Fred G. Milliken
- Creation Date: circa 1930
- Subject Date: circa 1930
- Location: Eastport, Washington County, ME
- Media: Photoprint
- Dimensions: 12 cm x 16 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1670, Env. 3
- Collection: Atlantic Fisherman correspondence, photographs, and news articles
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Booth Fishery Co. (Eastport, Me.)
- Fishing boats--Maine--Eastport--Photographs
- Fishing industry--Maine--Eastport
- Sardine fisheries--Maine--Eastport
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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