Fishing industry at Isle Royale--Dassler family--home movies. Reel 2

95-40.0002
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1934 – 1935
NHF cataloguer's notes, 2/96 for Reel 2: boy of 8-10 yrs. reading in parlour overstuffed chair dressed in suit with white starched collar; small commercial fishing boat and details of net design; elderly pipe smoking fisherman dressed in fedora (hat) and suspenders; elderly fisherman in process of mending nets; sunrise over open waters of Lake Superior; small scale commercial fishing for lake trout; details of winch operated net hauling; resetting nets; note: details of rigging and wooden boat trim are evident in the previous scenes; crew (3-4 men) eating lunch aboard fishing boat; crew sorting fish in hold; crew engaged in manual hauling of nets; panoramic footage of clouds and open water as thunderstorm breaks; manual unloading of wooden fish crates at dock with the help of a small boy; details of dock buildings; fisherman demonstrating methodical gutting and cleaning of lake trout on dock; steamship arriving at dock; dinghies tied up in foreground of frame; manual loading of wooden barrels aboard ship.

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