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The Glouster Fisherman, 1942 by Howard Liberman

September 25, 2017

On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Winch control men intent on seeing to it that the proper amount of cable is let out at the proper spot

On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. View of choppy waters

Gloucester, Massachusetts. At sunset fishermen mend nets torn by rocks on the ocean floor. A shortage of linen twine and manila hemp needed for nets is only one of the war-time difficulties fishermen today must face

Gloucester, Massachusetts. Two Gloucester fishermen on a fishing boat

Gloucester, Massachusetts. Portrait of a fisherman

On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Man at he winch control

Gloucester, Massachusetts. A woman shore worker in the fish packing industry eating her lunch

On board a fishing vessel, out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. A winch control man

On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. A Nantucket dragger, or New England type otter trawler, the "Theresa and Dan"(?)

Gloucester, Massachusetts. A shore worker engaged in the fish packing industry

Gloucester, Massachusetts. Captain John Riberia on the fishing trawler "Old Glory"

Gloucester, Massachusetts. A fisherman

Gloucester, Massachusetts. A fisherman

On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Looking over the record of the day's unloading of fish

Gloucester, Massachusetts. A young boy, probably a fisherman of tomorrow, because many of the boys will follow their fathers as fishermen in the New England waters

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