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Story: The Glouster Fisherman, 1942 by Howard Liberman
39 photos
Gloucester, Massachusetts. Striking good fishing grounds, fishermen load their boat with rosefish. Only a thin slice from each side of the rosefish is useable as food. Fish meal and fish oil are made from the remaining parts
On board a line trawler converted for dragging, fishing out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Taking it easy
Gloucester, Massachusetts. Schooner "Theresa and Dan"
Gloucester, Massachusetts. John Riberia, captain of the fishing trawler Old Glory, kissing his wife before leaving for the fishing grounds off the Massachusetts coast
On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. One of the fishing crew
On board a fishing vessel, out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Fishermen on the deck, washing up with a hose
Portrait of a fisherman on board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts
Gloucester, Massachusetts. A vessel unloading fish. The man at the "niggerhead" with a rope is controlling the canvas basket that brings fish up from the hold
On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Fishermen on the deck with a hose
On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Gloucester, Massachusetts. Striking good fishing grounds, fishermen load their boat with rosefish. Only a thin slice from each side of the rosefish is useable as food. Fish meal and fish oil are made from the remaining parts
Gloucester, Massachusetts. A whale codfish, the fish that was probably reponsible for the early explorations in this part of the country and made New England famous
On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Women in a packing plant candling fish and cutting out a parasite known as Syphirin lumpii
Gloucester, Massachusetts. Crew members of "Old Glory"