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Story: The Glouster Fisherman, 1942 by Howard Liberman
39 photos
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
Gloucester, Massachusetts. A lookout climbs the cables high above "Old Glory's" deck to check the location of other trawlers. When one trawler strikes good fishing ground the captain notifies other boats in the fleet
On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Operating the winch
On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Operating the winch
On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Fisherman with a codfish
Gloucester, Massachusetts. "Food for Victory" fishing. Hauling fish in a cart from the wharfside to a fish packing plant
Gloucester, Massachusetts. Shoveling fish into the rotary scaler at a fish packing plant
Gloucester, Massachusetts. Captain John Riberia on the fishing trawler "Old Glory"
On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Fishermen on the deck washing up with a hose