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Frank A. Nunan

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

Glendon Lowe

Glendon Lowe

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

Wilbur Morse

Wilbur Morse

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

Frank Finnerty and Daughter

Frank Finnerty and Daughter

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

Clifford Colson and Roy Scofield

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

Captain Henry Jones

Captain Henry Jones

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

Richard W. Feyler

Richard W. Feyler

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

Higgins Fish Wharf, Bernard, Maine

Higgins Fish Wharf, Bernard, Maine

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

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

“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

“On Muscongus Island”

“On Muscongus Island”

Photojournalist Alfred Elden took several photographs of Muscongus Islanders

“On an offshore island”

“On an offshore island”

McDougall & Keefe were Boothbay postcard publishers

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

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

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

“An Atlantic Fisherman”

“An Atlantic Fisherman”

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

Myrtle Stuart Mitchell

Myrtle Stuart Mitchell

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

Captain John Black

Captain John Black

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

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