Photo Catalog Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Inspecting the webbing of a floating fish trap |
Image # |
61.8.1.470 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
1923-1933 |
Photographer |
Fisher, Elliot L. |
Studio |
Fisher Studio |
Location |
Ketchikan, Alaska |
Description |
Three men preparing to brail a floating fish trap / inspecting the webbing of a floating fish trap In 1933, Elliot Fisher produced a series of photographs depicting every stage of the salmon packing process, from activities on a fish trap to loading cases of canned salmon aboard a freighter for shipment. He displayed the photos in the window of his Front Street camera shop, under the legend, "F-I-S-H spells prosperity." Some time after Fisher left Ketchikan in 1934, Alfred Milotte, who had purchased Fisher Sudio, reproduced the photos as postcards, which he sold as a set. |
Provenance |
Has also been titled as "Three men on a floating fish trap crew working on spiller, circa 1930" |
Print size |
11.40 cm x 16.40 cm |
People |
Fisher, Elliot L. |
Search Terms |
Fish Related Floating Fish Trap Fish Trap Fishing Brailing |
Credit line |
Ketchikan Museums: Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 61.8.1.470 |