Life by the Sea

Photos of Life by the Sea
We have gathered a collection of some of the best and most interesting photos taken during the American frontier days. They are from the National Archives in Washington D.C.
Please browse at your leisure. Meditate on the humble beginnings of the United States of America.
This page is dedicated to showing photos of Life by the Sea in the American West

"N. P. Railway, Tacoma (Washington Territory) Shipping first cargo of halibut caught in Puget Sounds by crew of schooner Oscar and Hattie. September 20, 1888." By N. B. Miller. 22-FA-197 "Husking shrimps--treading out dried shrimps, San Francisco Bay, 1888--89." By Charles H. Townsend. 22-FA-139
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"Chinese drying shrimps and mending nets, ca. 1889." San Francisco Bay By Townsend. 22-FA-148 View of Chinese fishing camp against a hillside. Drying grounds, nets cast out to sea, and shanties hugging the shoreline. Point San Pedro, San Francisco Bay, ca. 1889. By Townsend. 22-FA-145
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"Reeling up a gill net to dry." Near San Francisco, ca. 1891. 22-CA-223 Italian fishermen mending nets on wharf at foot of Union Street in San Francisco. Boats are lined up on the wharf for painting and repairs, ca. 1891. By Townsend. 22-MDF-3
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Fishermen's Wharf at foot of Union Street, San Francisco. Circular crab nets and large fish nets are spread out to dry. A three--masted ship is on distant horizon and small feluccas thrust protruding masts and graffs above the wharf's railing, ca. 1891. By Townsend. 22-MDF-2 "On the wharves, San Francisco, 1900." Moored schooners' masts form a wall around the dock. By Henry G. Peabody. 79-HPA-3-22
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"Sardine Industry: Wharf and sun dry process." Monterey, Calif., ca. 1908. 22-FFC-756. "Baird, Calif. Hauling seine." ca. 1908. 22-FFB-892.
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