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On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Mending nets. This is probably a portion of the belly of the net and badly torn. Fishermen spend a great deal of time mending nets, usually doing so between calls, mending one net while the other is being towed by the vessel
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Credit lineOn board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Mending nets. This is probably a portion of the belly of the net and badly torn. Fishermen spend a great deal of time mending nets, usuall. 1942-01-01. Liberman, Howard. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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