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Fresh-halibut fishermen. 



Crew of the fresh-halibut schooner Gertie E. Foster, on deck of 

 their vessel. This is a crew of mixed nationalities, and may- 

 well illustrate the class of men often found on board of a 

 Gloucester fishing vessel. Three of them, including the cap- 

 tain, are Norwegians, two are Swedes, three natives of the 

 United States, one a Dane, and one a Prussian. Gloucester, 

 Mass., 1882. (Photo. No. 2068.) U. S. Fish Commission. 



Norwegian fishermen. 



Group of Norwegians — the skipper and part of the crew of schooner 

 Gertie E. Foster, of Gloucester, Mass.: Capt. Thomas Olsen, 

 William Thompson (ex-captain), Christophor Nelsen. Glouces- 

 ter, Mass, 1882. (Photo. No. 2069.) Natives of Norway and 

 Sweden are among the most daring, skillful, and successful of 

 the New England fishermen. 



Swedish fishermen. 



Group of Swedish fishermen, part of the crew of schooner Gertie E. 

 Foster, of Gloucester : Lars Sterling and Frank Stream. Glou- 

 cester, Mass.", 1882. (Photo. No. 2070). U. S. Fish Commission. 



Danish and Prussian fishermen. 



Two members of the crew of schooner Gertie E. Foster, of Gloucester^ 

 one a Dane, the other a Prussian : Sinius Nelsen, of Copenha- 

 gen (sitting down), Paul Wilhelms, of Dantzig, Prussia. Com- 

 paratively few Danes or Prussians are employed in the New 

 England fisheries. Gloucester, Mass., 1882. (Photo. No. 2071.) 

 U. S. Fish Commission. 



American halibut fishermen. 



Three American fishermen, members of the crew of schooner Ger- 

 tie E. Foster, of Gloucester : Fred Woods, of Newport, E. I. £ 

 James Abbot, of Gloucester, Mass. ; John Harris, of New Lon- 

 don, Conn. The greater part of the native-born American 

 fishermen sailing from Gloucester are natives of Maine and 

 Massachusetts. Gloucester, Mass., 1882. (Photo. No. 2072.) 

 TJ. S. Fish Commission. 



Halibut fishermen. 



Capt. Jerome McDonald and group of other Prince Edward Island- 

 ers, part of the crew of schooner G. P. Whitman, employed im 

 the fresh-halibut fishery. Gloucester, Mass., 1882. (Photo. 

 No. 2076.) U. S. Fish Commission. 



Crew of Portuguese haddock fishermen. 



View of the schooner Ontario, of Gloucester, with her crew of Azo- 

 rean Portuguese at work on deck cleaning their trawl-lines» 

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