undated
HAV-01-401\n
GUSN-362858
Framed photographic print of an Italian, probably Sicilian, fisherman in a dory at T-Wharf in Boston taken in the early twentieth century. The man is seen working on his fishing line and netting, likely for long-line tub-trawling.
immigrants
people by occupation
dories
working class
fishing lines
clothing
netting (process)
fishmongers
photographic prints
black-and-white photographs
copy negative
1 framed black and white print
PC001
General photographic collection
1933
PC001.02.03.004
Gift of William Sumner Appleton, 1933
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Attributed to Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940 (Photographer)
photographic prints
black-and-white photographs
Work
Fishing boat
Fisherman
Item
HAV-01-401
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