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Aboard a trap fishing boat. Approaching the trap or "weir" at five o'clock in the morning. The trap consists of a large circle of net with a long funnel-like entrance set in to the tide stream. Fish which always swim with the tide, must be collected before tide turns. Provincetown, Massachusetts
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Aboard a trap fishing boat. Approaching the trap or "weir" at five o'clock in the morning. The trap consists of a large circle of net with a long funnel-like entrance set in to the tide stream. Fish which always swim with the tide, must be collected before tide turns. Provincetown, Massachusetts

Rosskam, Edwin · 1937-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineAboard a trap fishing boat. Approaching the trap or "weir" at five o'clock in the morning. The trap consists of a large circle of net with a long funnel-like entrance set in to the tide stream. Fish w. 1937-01-01. Rosskam, Edwin. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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