Illustrations from "The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States"
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ID: SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-1262]
Creator: United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory
Form/Genre: Glass negatives
Date: 1880
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-006, Box 001, Image No. MAH-1262
Two illustrations: "Weighing Halibut on a George's-man" and illustration of man diving for a sea turtle with signature "H.W. Elliott del. 1883." From George Brown Goode's "The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States" [1887]. Full title of plates from book: "Plate 235. The Turtle Fishery. Diving for loggerhead turtle; Morehead City, N. C. Drawing by H.W. Elliott." "Plate 20. The Fresh Halibut Fishery. Weighing and selling halibut on deck of George's Bank hand-line cod schooner. These vessels often catch halibut while fishing for cod. Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt. J.W.Collins, 1882."
USNM No. 1262
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-006, Box 001, Image No. MAH-1262
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Glass negatives
SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-1262]
8 x 10;