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- "Fishers Schooners at 'T' Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts," 1904 -
- 1904
- Collections - Artifact
"Fishers Schooners at 'T' Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts," 1904
- Canarsie, Roundup of Fishing Fleet, 1890-1915 - In 1890, Jenny Young Chandler, 25 years old and recently widowed, began working for the <em>New York Herald</em>. As a photojournalist and feature writer, Chandler captured life in Brooklyn, New York, and vicinity. By 1922, the time of her death, she had produced over 800 glass plate negatives. Her sensitive, insightful photographs depict people from all walks of life and the world in which they lived.
- 1890-1915
- Collections - Artifact
Canarsie, Roundup of Fishing Fleet, 1890-1915
In 1890, Jenny Young Chandler, 25 years old and recently widowed, began working for the New York Herald. As a photojournalist and feature writer, Chandler captured life in Brooklyn, New York, and vicinity. By 1922, the time of her death, she had produced over 800 glass plate negatives. Her sensitive, insightful photographs depict people from all walks of life and the world in which they lived.
- Murano Fish Figurine, 1963 -
- 1963
- Collections - Artifact
Murano Fish Figurine, 1963
- "Fresh Frozen Fish" Department 56 Collectibles, 1990-1993 -
- December 1990 - December 1993
- Collections - Artifact
"Fresh Frozen Fish" Department 56 Collectibles, 1990-1993
- "Fish Gripper" Pliers, 1950-1965 - People found different ways to relax when in the great outdoors. Some hiked, some rested at the camp, and others picked up a rod and reel and headed to the lake, river, or stream. Fishing gear similar to what is shown here was available to the typical fisherman during the mid to late 20th century.
- 1950-1965
- Collections - Artifact
"Fish Gripper" Pliers, 1950-1965
People found different ways to relax when in the great outdoors. Some hiked, some rested at the camp, and others picked up a rod and reel and headed to the lake, river, or stream. Fishing gear similar to what is shown here was available to the typical fisherman during the mid to late 20th century.
- Fishbowl, 1830-1860 -
- 1830-1860
- Collections - Artifact
Fishbowl, 1830-1860
- Eelspear Head - People have harvested eels using traps and spears for millennia. Fishers using a spear -- a barbed, multi-pronged spearhead affixed at the end of a long pole -- plunged it into habitats where native eels tend to hide. The eel spear impaled or entangled the slippery ray-finned fish.
- Collections - Artifact
Eelspear Head
People have harvested eels using traps and spears for millennia. Fishers using a spear -- a barbed, multi-pronged spearhead affixed at the end of a long pole -- plunged it into habitats where native eels tend to hide. The eel spear impaled or entangled the slippery ray-finned fish.
- Eelspear Head - People have harvested eels using traps and spears for millennia. Fishers using a spear -- a barbed, multi-pronged spearhead affixed at the end of a long pole -- plunged it into habitats where native eels tend to hide. The eel spear impaled or entangled the slippery ray-finned fish.
- Collections - Artifact
Eelspear Head
People have harvested eels using traps and spears for millennia. Fishers using a spear -- a barbed, multi-pronged spearhead affixed at the end of a long pole -- plunged it into habitats where native eels tend to hide. The eel spear impaled or entangled the slippery ray-finned fish.
- Apron, Made of "Marlin" Harwood Steiger Fabric and Used in the Harwood Steiger Studio - The screen-printed fabrics produced by the studio of Harwood Steiger, Inc. are replete with motifs from the American Southwest. Although husband-and-wife proprietors Harwood and Sophie Steiger were born in the Northeast, the Sonoran Desert became their home. Its flora, fauna, and wildlife were a constant inspiration in their enduring partnership, which saw Harwood as the primary artist, and Sophie as the expert botanist and businesswoman.
- 1956-1980
- Collections - Artifact
Apron, Made of "Marlin" Harwood Steiger Fabric and Used in the Harwood Steiger Studio
The screen-printed fabrics produced by the studio of Harwood Steiger, Inc. are replete with motifs from the American Southwest. Although husband-and-wife proprietors Harwood and Sophie Steiger were born in the Northeast, the Sonoran Desert became their home. Its flora, fauna, and wildlife were a constant inspiration in their enduring partnership, which saw Harwood as the primary artist, and Sophie as the expert botanist and businesswoman.
- "Excelsior Springs, Missouri's National Resort, Fishing River, Siloam Park," circa 1910 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. It had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, many of which were colored using the company's patented "Phostint" process. Popular "Phostint" postcards, the Detroit Publishing Company claimed, were delicately "executed in Nature's Coloring" to be truthful, tasteful, beautiful, and educational.
- circa 1910
- Collections - Artifact
"Excelsior Springs, Missouri's National Resort, Fishing River, Siloam Park," circa 1910
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. It had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, many of which were colored using the company's patented "Phostint" process. Popular "Phostint" postcards, the Detroit Publishing Company claimed, were delicately "executed in Nature's Coloring" to be truthful, tasteful, beautiful, and educational.