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Survival of A People: Using our Natural Resources 1875-1975
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Fish drying on flakes c. 1944
55 of 116 		Hubert Thomas checks equipment at a fish plant in Freeport.
56 of 116 		Nancy Swift at scale
57 of 116 		Laurence Outhouse Sr. and his wife, Doris, standing in front of wooden lobster traps.
58 of 116 		Edgar Whitenect knits a trap head .
59 of 116 		Ted Thurber shows a bouy and coil of rope attached to a lobster trap.
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This is an example of the type of container used by fish plants to 'can' cooked lobster meat.
61 of 116 		Fisherman's needles used to knit trap heads or repair nets.
62 of 116 		Swivels attached to the lobster traps.
63 of 116 		Floats used with lobster traps. The corked bottle has sometimes been termed a 'poor man's float'.
64 of 116 		Cork floats used with lobster traps.
65 of 116 		Wooden bouy used in lobster fishing. They attached to the lobster trap.
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Log Lines used to determine the speed of a vessel
67 of 116 		Lantern holders
68 of 116 		A lantern used in the 30s on boats to warn of their position on the water.
69 of 116 		Sextant
70 of 116 		Patents, used for easy access to hooks and gangions (line that holds hooks) on trawl lines.
71 of 116 		Oars, used for rowing boats.
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