Scrapbooks of Althea Boxell (1/19/1910 - 10/4/1988), Book 7, Page 17

A July 16, 1939 article in the Worcester Sunday Telegram about the rewards and hazards of Provincetown trap fishing, the largest industry of its kind of the Atlantic coast. Also, a photo of a skow with a crew driving poles for the weir traps and another of a captain making ready.

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Atlantic Cod fishing, Atlantic Fisherman, Cape Cod (Mass.) History, Captains, Cold Storages, Fish trade--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fish trapping, Fisheries--Massachusetts--Provincetown--History, Fishermen, Fishers, Fishers--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishes, Fishing, Fishing boats--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Fishing nets, Fishing villages, Fishing villages--Massachusetts--Provincetown, Industries, Mackerel fishing, Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century, Boxell, Althea, and Business