[A Cape Ann fisherman, Gloucester, Mass.] – Antique Print
![[A Cape Ann fisherman, Gloucester, Mass.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d6/d67a8921ea1f-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [A Cape Ann fisherman, Gloucester, Mass.]. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[A Cape Ann fisherman, Gloucester, Mass.]
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A fisherman from Cape Ann, photographed on the working waterfront at Gloucester, Massachusetts, is the subject here, and that location is what sets this glass negative apart from the many harbor views the Detroit Publishing Company made in New England. Gloucester was one of the country's leading fishing ports in the early 1900s, with schooners fishing the Grand Banks and wharves crowded with gear, salt, and catch. The Detroit Publishing Company, based in Detroit, produced large numbers of photographs of towns and workers for travel and commercial sales, and its plates were often hand-tinted for publication. The negative's cracked and taped upper left corner is a reminder of its age and fragility.
| Created / published | [between 1900 and 1910] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Title from jacket. Negative cracked and taped upper left. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033652. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Fishermen. Fishing & hunting gear. Piers & wharves.United States--Massachusetts--Gloucester. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 806 × 980 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-66868 |
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