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California Industry: Fishing

Owning Institution: California Historical Society

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Selections from the Industry series of the General Subjects Photography Collection depicting California fisheries. View this collection on the contributor's website.
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22 items found in this collection

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Beach composed entirely of shells of small native oysters, San Francisco Bay, …
Busy port scene with fishing boats in foreground
Chinese fishermen with a sardine catch, East San Pedro, Los Angeles Harbor
Enclosed oyster beds at low tide, San Francisco Bay, California
Fisherman hauling nets on the open water
Fishermen harvesting oyster beds, San Francisco
Fishermen hauling deep-water oyster tongs from bed, San Francisco Bay, California
Fishermen holding a sample of the six tons of salmon caught
Fishermen mending fish nets, East San Pedro, Los Angeles Harbor district
Fishermen on boats at a crowded harbor port
Fishermen preparing to lower deep-water tongs into the San Francisco Bay
Fishermen processing their catch
Fishermen pulling oysters, California
Man standing beside an oyster bed fence, San Francisco Bay, California
Oyster Industry, San Francisco Bay
Oyster Industry, San Francisco Bay
San Francisco oyster beds exposed at low water, Belmont, California
Unidentified fisherman at work in San Francisco
View of fenced-in oyster beds, Millbrae, California
View of oyster bed at low tide, San Francisco Bay, California
Women fish cannery workers, Los Angeles, California
Workers cleaning tuna fish for cannery, Los Angeles, California
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