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Summary
Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.)
Appears to be related to negative LC-USF33-005067-M1 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa1997015273/PP/
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
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massachusetts
provincetown
nitrate negatives
edwin rosskam
photo
boat
trap
tuna
fish mill
horse mackerel
ultra high resolution
high resolution
office of war information
farm security administration
united states history
farm security administration photographs
fishing boats
fishing
fisherman
library of congress
Date
01/01/1937
Location
massachusetts
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html