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Description
Fred G. Milliken, photographer and story writer for the Atlantic Fisherman magazine, wrote on the back of this photograph, "One of many smoked herring fish plants. Barrels used for shipping fresh fish with ice. Small smoked herring put up in paper."
About This Item
- Title: Barrels of fresh fish, Eastport, ca. 1930
- Creator: Fred G. Milliken
- Creation Date: circa 1930
- Subject Date: circa 1930
- Location: Eastport, Washington County, ME
- Media: Photoprint
- Dimensions: 8 cm x 13 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1670, Env. 2
- Collection: Atlantic Fisherman correspondence, photographs, and news articles
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Barrels--Maine--Eastport
- Canneries
- Canning industry--Maine--Eastport
- Fishing industry--Maine--Eastport
- Herring--Maine--Eastport
- Piers and wharves--Maine--Eastport
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