Brunswick

Brunswick has one of Maine’s broadest main streets.

Captain John Black

Capt. Black, “he with the mittens”, caught this 62 lb. cod

Myrtle Stuart Mitchell

“A real daughter of the sea.” Mrs. Mitchell “was brought up on the salt water

“An Atlantic Fisherman”

Eastport photojournalist Fred Milliken must have worked with a retired fisherman for this photograph. Catalog Number LB1995.72.213

“Hoop net, first trap employed in catching lobsters.”

A fisherman shows off an obsolete hoop net to photojournalist Alfred Elden.

“On an offshore island”

McDougall & Keefe were Boothbay postcard publishers

“On Muscongus Island”

Photojournalist Alfred Elden took several photographs of Muscongus Islanders

“A dory load of the world’s most valuable fish… the herring.”

Herring fishermen with a dory filled with herring, probably taken in Eastport about 1935 by Alfred Elden. Catalog Number LB1995.72.155

Higgins Fish Wharf, Bernard, Maine

To the right of the working crew stand John Noyes, foreman, and George L. Higgins

Richard W. Feyler

Successful businessman Richard Feyler poses as part of a major article on Rockland’s Seafood Festiva

Captain Henry Jones

Captain Henry Jones of South Bristol poses for a series on his new lobster boat

Clifford Colson and Roy Scofield

Clifford Colson and Roy Scofield, lobstermen from Corea, pose after a day on the water, tin lunch pails in hand. Ca.1955. Catalog Number LB1992.301.220

Frank Finnerty and Daughter

Frank Finnerty, a lobsterman from Peaks Island, painting his lobster boat on the beach.

Wilbur Morse

Wilbur Morse’s photograph was published as part of an article on the dragger Nautilus

Glendon Lowe

Glendon Lowe of Corea, with a basket of lobsters. Published February 1955. Catalog Number LB1992.301.185

Frank A. Nunan

Frank Nunan ran his “Fisherman’s Supply Store” on his pier on Spicer’s Island, Cape Porpoise, ca. 1935. Catalog Number LB1992.301.32