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Aboard a trawler. Shoveling fish from deck into troughs at the railing. Provincetown, Massachusetts
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Aboard a trawler. Shoveling fish from deck into troughs at the railing. Provincetown, Massachusetts

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

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provincetownnitrate negativesmassachusettsunited statesbarnstable county
Credit lineAboard a trawler. Shoveling fish from deck into troughs at the railing. Provincetown, Massachusetts. 1937-01-01. Rosskam, Edwin. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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