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Title:
'Choicest farms' of Noank were at sea, The
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Noank fishermen
Rathbun, George
Palmer, Robert S.
Object ID:
Kim01-066
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
07/31/1986
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
Noank fishermen harvested porgies, sea bass, flounders, cod, haddock, lobsters, swordfish; fished in Florida waters during the winter, selling their catch in Cuba and the vessels used and the fishing gear evolution is traced through diagrams reproduced from the 1887 Fish Commission reports.
People:
Caulkins, Frances
Ashbey, Capt.
Rathbun, George
Rathbun, Moses
Palmer, Robert S.
Ashbey, Benjamin (Capt.)
Shear, Harold E.
Payne, Kenneth H. (Capt.)
Stubing, Paul
Smith, Helen
Smith, Bulkeley
Search Terms:
Eva (lobster boat)
Anna Belle (vessel)
Noank
boats
fishing
lobstering
Edward J. McKeeaver Jr. (steamer)
Duchy
fishermen
menhaden industry
bony fish
Palmer Shipyard
Wilcox factory
photographs