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Description
The title on the home movie of fishing around Mt. Desert reads "50 bushel to a whale boat," and shows the process of loading a boat with herring and moving them onto a "sardine" boat.
About This Item
- Title: Loading whale boat film, Mt. Desert, ca. 1940
- Creator: Ernest G. Stillman
- Creation Date: circa 1940
- Subject Date: circa 1940
- Location: Hancock County, ME
- Media: filmstrip, 16mm
- Local Code: 1289_0009
- Collection: Ernest G. Stillman
- Object Type: Moving Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Mount Desert Island (Me.)
- Fishing--Maine
- Atlantic herring fisheries--Maine
- Fishing--Equipment and supplies
- Boats--Maine
- Fishing boats--Maine
- Whaleboats--Maine
For more information about this item, contact:
Northeast Historic FilmP.O. Box 900, Bucksport, ME 04416
207-469-0924
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