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Aboard a trap fishing boat poling out. The trap boat is poled out of the trap by hand. The engine is not started until the propeller is clear of any danger of fouling the net. Provincetown, Massachusetts
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Credit lineAboard a trap fishing boat poling out. The trap boat is poled out of the trap by hand. The engine is not started until the propeller is clear of any danger of fouling the net. Provincetown, Massachuse. 1937-01-01. Rosskam, Edwin. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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