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Gloucester, United States

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

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

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

On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Operating the winch

On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Operating the winch

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

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

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

Gloucester, Massachusetts. A fisherman

Gloucester, Massachusetts. A fisherman

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gloucester, Massachusetts. Portrait of a fisherman

Gloucester, Massachusetts. Two Gloucester fishermen on a fishing boat

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

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

On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. One of the fishing crew

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 line trawler converted for dragging, fishing out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Taking it easy