On board a fishing vessel out from Gloucester, Massachusetts. A winch man at the controls who has an important job as he controls the amount of trawl cable that is unwound from the winch. The amount of cable let out depends upon the depth of water, type of bottom, and tide conditions
Summary
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Tags
Date
01/01/1942
Contributors
Liberman, Howard, photographer
Location
Gloucester (Mass.), 42.61583, -70.66194
Source
Library of Congress
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