Fishing Collection (#56)

Angling at Sunset
The Lone Fisherman, a study of an angler at sunset, Seatown Beach, Dorset, England. Date: 1960s

Sardinian Women
Women of Sardinia, Italy, weaving fishing nets. Date: 1930s

Fishing Plug
A fishing plug lure. Date: 1960s

Irish Anglers
Fishermen sea angling off the coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Date: 1960s

Large Trout Catch
A record catch. Such large fish (1 ft. 7 inches and 41 pounds in weight) are rare. The normal weight of a grown trout is 1 pound. The big red skin spots are typical. Date: 1930s

Bream Catch
A fisherman wearing a visor and rubber waders, holds up a catch of bream, Lough Forbes, County Longford, Ireland. Date: 1960s

Happy Angler
The happy angler : Fishing rod, gaff, rubber boots, etc. are all essential angling gear. Date: 1930s

Frozen Food Tester
A member of the Ministry of Food, Scientific Advisors Division, conducts a test on a railway container of quick frozen fish, etc. Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. Date: 1950s

Hungarian Anglers
An old man and a young man fishing together on the banks of the River Danube, Budapest, Hungary. Date: 1930s

Wales / Porth-Y-Ogof
Porth-y-Ogof, near Ystradfellte, Brecon, Wales. It is here that the River Mellte disappears underground, to emerge some few hundred yards downstream. Date: 1960s

England / Beer
The tiny East Devon fishing village called Beer, tucked in between great chalk cliffs, one of the most charming villages of Devonshire, England. Date: 1950s

Devon Fishermen
A fishing boat moored in the harbour at Dartmouth, Devon, England. Date: 1970s

Scotland / Oban
A fine impression of the harbour at Oban, Argyllshire, Scotland, a busy seaport, known as the Gateway to the Highlands, Date: 1950s

Cornish Fishermen
A corner of the harbour of the typical Cornish fishing village of Mevagissey, England, showing fishermen repairing their nets in preparation for the next tide. Date: 1940s

Scotland / Girvan
A corner of the harbour at Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland. Girvan is the centre of a thriving herring fishing industry. Date: 1950s

Clovelly, North Devon
The High Street in Clovelly, North Devon, a picturesque English fishing village: a cobbled pathway descends precipitously to the sea passing terraced cottages Date: 1950s

Croatia / Split Harbour
Fishing boats in the historic harbour at Split (Spalatum) Croatia (former Yugoslavia). Date: 1930s

England / Salcombe
Low tide at Salcombe, a picturesque village on the south coast of Devon, England. Date: 1950s

Polperro Museum
The quaint Polperro Museum, one of many old whitewashed buildings in this lovely fishing village in Cornwall, England. Date: 1950s

Teignmouth Quay
A glimpse of Teignmouth, Devonshire, England, seen from the deck of one of the fishing vessels moored in the Old Quay. Date: early 1960s

Two boys fishing from a bridge, hoping to catch a trout, or failing that something smaller. first published 1879

Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - Trawler at low tide Date: circa 1903

Vancouver Island - Manhousett Tribe Fishermen
Vancouver Island, Canada - Manhousett Tribe Fishermen (probably Kwakwaka-wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth or Coast Salish tribesmen). The word Manhousett used to caption this card is probably a derivation of

Fishermen - Sri Lanka
Fishermen returning home with their catch - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1934

Echeneis and Echinorynchus (fish)
Echeneis (of the Echeneidae family) and Echinorynchus -- two fish, together with other items. Namely, 1. The Sucking Fish (Suckerfish or Sharksucker), 2. The Remora, 3. Echinorynchus Phocae, 4

British drifter fleet at sea, WW1
A British drifter fleet at sea during the First World War, when many fishing drifters were converted for naval use. Date: 1914-1918

Umbrella Adventures in variable weather
Umbrella Adventures, showing a girl and boy in variable weather, from sunshine, to rain, to wind, to a fishing disaster, and a rescue. Date: 1924

Pas-de-Calais, France - Equihen
Fishermen mending their nets at Equihen, Pas-de-Calais, France. Date: circa 1910s

Box of Real Yarmouth Bloaters
A box of Real Yarmouth Bloaters -- delicious! circa 1916

Malay House - Pasir Panjang - Singapore Date: circa 1910s

Arab pearl divers at work, 1903
Arab pearl divers at work. As a result of long practice, they are able to remain underwater for some minutes, during which time they collect the pearl oysters from the ocean bed. Date: 1903

Fishermen and boats in a harbour
(Fishermen and boats in a harbour, with birds flying overhead. circa 1940s

Bathing Belle posing on rocks with a large fishing net. Date: circa 1920s

The Bend, Thega River, Kenya. circa 1930s

Curing Cod Fish - Southside, St. Johns, Newfoundland
Curing Cod Fish - Southside, St. John s, Newfoundland, Canada Date: circa 1909

Norway
Scout fishing, sketched in Norway, August 1912

Picnic by the seaside
A couple have a picnic by the seaside, using a fishing boat as a shelter from the stiff breeze (possibly!)... Date: circa 1940s

Seaside section, Festival of Britain, South Bank, London
An artists impression of the Seaside section of the Festival of Britain site on the South Bank, London. Showing people enjoying the various attractions, including peep shows

ELH. Little Tommy Tittlemouse
Little Tommy Tittlemouse lived in a little house, He caught fishes for other mens dishes. 20th century

Croatia - Rijeka (Fiume) - Fishermen Date: 1906

India - Madras - Catamaran Fishing Boats Date: 1906

Israel - Ruins of Capernaum, a fishing village in biblical Palestine, located on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee. A church near Capernaum is said to be the home of Saint Peter

ELH. Three wise men of Gotham
Three wise men of Gotham went to sea in a bowl. The bowl bended -- the story ended! 20th century

JL. Simple Simon
Simple Simon fishing in a bucket... late 19th century

Sierra Leone - Making a Seine net
Sierra Leone - Fishermen making a Seine net. A seine is a large fishing net that hangs in the water due to weights along the bottom edge and floats along the top

Ramsey Harbour - Isle of Man Date: 1903

Women gut Herring - Lowestoft, Suffolk
Women gut Herring at Lowestoft, Suffolk Date: circa 1910s

St. Ives, Cornwall, gutting the catch
Gutting the catch of the day on the beach at St. Ives, Cornwall. Dinnertime for the seagulls! Date: circa 1930s

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