"The catch. probably tuna (called horse mackerel locally), has arrived at the packing house, having been dressed on board vessel. Now it is up to this hardy packing crew to wash these monstrous fish before packing them for shipment to Boston. Except for Asian markets, which existed mostly in large cities, there were few buyers for this product. At other times this packing house was filled with the more predominant fish of the day: hake, cod, haddock, and mackerel. Crews would wash the fish, lather them with salt, and pack them in ice in the tall barrels shown at rear for shipment to Gloucester or Boston. Only a few dealers in Manset, such as the Parkers, specialized in halibut, as it had to be shipped fresh on ice. Mackerel was the only product that had to be inspected once it arrived in Gloucester. As this list suggests, local fisheries processed a variety of fish. The local fishermen would head out, from spring through fall, following the schools, returning with whatever the sea would offer, and putting extra change in their pockets." – Text accompanying this photograph in “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001. p. 43.
Description: "The catch. probably tuna (called horse mackerel locally), has arrived at the packing house, having been dressed on board vessel. Now it is up to this hardy packing crew to wash these monstrous fish before packing them for shipment to Boston. Except for Asian markets, which existed mostly in large cities, there were few buyers for this product. At other times this packing house was filled with the more predominant fish of the day: hake, cod, haddock, and mackerel. Crews would wash the fish, lather them with salt, and pack them in ice in the tall barrels shown at rear for shipment to Gloucester or Boston. Only a few dealers in Manset, such as the Parkers, specialized in halibut, as it had to be shipped fresh on ice. Mackerel was the only product that had to be inspected once it arrived in Gloucester. As this list suggests, local fisheries processed a variety of fish. The local fishermen would head out, from spring through fall, following the schools, returning with whatever the sea would offer, and putting extra change in their pockets." – Text accompanying this photograph in “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001. p. 43. [show more]
Four men and four women are shown resting on a day's outing. The women are dressed for the country - complete with hats. Botanist, Edward Lathrop Rand, on the far right, is wearing elaborately buckled gaiters and carries his vasculum for collecting botanical specimens.
Description: Four men and four women are shown resting on a day's outing. The women are dressed for the country - complete with hats. Botanist, Edward Lathrop Rand, on the far right, is wearing elaborately buckled gaiters and carries his vasculum for collecting botanical specimens.
Marion is reading "Hood's Humorous Poems" by Thomas Hood, Illustrated by Charles E. Brock. Seated in Back - Left to Right: Helen Winthrop Dougherty (1887-1975) - graduated (cum laude) from Radcliffe College in 1910. Marion Elizabeth Dougherty (1876-1970) - reading to her sisters. Ethel Ward Dougherty (1882-) - graduated (cum laude) from Radcliffe College in 1903. Seated in Front - Left to Right: Edna K. Dougherty (1885-) - went to Radcliffe and became a teacher. Constance Margaret Dougherty (1890-1980) - later Mrs. Geoffrey O’Hara. Her husband, a musician, wrote the song “K-K-K-Katie” Lucy Jackson Dougherty (1884-) - graduated from Radcliffe in 1907 and married Henry Bertram Potter in 1908.
Description: Marion is reading "Hood's Humorous Poems" by Thomas Hood, Illustrated by Charles E. Brock. Seated in Back - Left to Right: Helen Winthrop Dougherty (1887-1975) - graduated (cum laude) from Radcliffe College in 1910. Marion Elizabeth Dougherty (1876-1970) - reading to her sisters. Ethel Ward Dougherty (1882-) - graduated (cum laude) from Radcliffe College in 1903. Seated in Front - Left to Right: Edna K. Dougherty (1885-) - went to Radcliffe and became a teacher. Constance Margaret Dougherty (1890-1980) - later Mrs. Geoffrey O’Hara. Her husband, a musician, wrote the song “K-K-K-Katie” Lucy Jackson Dougherty (1884-) - graduated from Radcliffe in 1907 and married Henry Bertram Potter in 1908. [show more]
This photograph was probably taken in Goucester, MA judging from the rest of the photos taken that day. The photograph was taken when Annie had been married to Edward Lothrop Rand almost exactly one year.
Description: This photograph was probably taken in Goucester, MA judging from the rest of the photos taken that day. The photograph was taken when Annie had been married to Edward Lothrop Rand almost exactly one year.
Mary F. Steenstra, 16 years old, wearing her eyeglasses, with her watch fob cord tucked through her button holes, her handkerchief neatly tucked into her sash and her hat at her feet seems relaxed at the oars of a rowboat, probably in the waters off Mount Desert Island.
Description: Mary F. Steenstra, 16 years old, wearing her eyeglasses, with her watch fob cord tucked through her button holes, her handkerchief neatly tucked into her sash and her hat at her feet seems relaxed at the oars of a rowboat, probably in the waters off Mount Desert Island.