Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0428Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of several men processing a large amount of freshly caught fish. Above the image "97" is printed, below the image "V23287 -- What "Captains Courageous" Bring Home; Cleaning Codfish on Cape Ann Wharf, Gloucester, Mass." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Portland, Oregon, London, Eng., Sydney, Aus." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
V23287
CLEANING CODFISH ON A CAPE ANN WHARF, GLOUCESTER
Lat. 42 (Degrees) N.; Long. 70 (Degrees) W.
The first export from New England was fish. At the present time the fisheries of the United States occupy the leading place among the nations. Gloucester (pronunciation), Mass., is one of the most important fishing ports in our country, if not the whole world. It is situated on the norhtern part of the coast on Cape Ann.
In this picture we see a splendid "catcH' which has just been landed at Cape Ann and is being cleaned. It will then be fully cured by drying in the open air. The cod is a widely distributed species, being found throughout the norhtern and temperate seas. The cod spawns in February and is exceedingly prolific. The young are not fit for market until the following year. As a food, codfish reaches perfection during the months of October, November and December. At the Gloucester fish hatchery, and ohters, govenrment spawn takers are employed by the Bureau of Fisheries. Their life is a very trying one because of danger and exposure. they remove the eggs from the cod, which have been caught for market, in order to increase the spawn taken from the fish kept by the Government for breeding purposes.
Shore fishing is carried on mainly by single fishermen, each in his own boat or dory. Of late this has diminished in importance, and deep-sea fishing off the banks of Nova Scotia and Newfouondland has employed hundreds of fishing schooners. It is dangerous work, and in some years over two hundred Gloucester men are lost. Dories are sometimes lost in the heavy fog. The fishing grounds are in the path of ocean steamers from New York to Liverpood; these sometimes crush a schooner in the fog.
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