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Fishing, Commerical - digital images

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Photos of commercial fishing activity involving carp, sturgeon, salmon and other species. Also images of fishing tugs, shanties, buildings associated with commercial fishing, net reels and fishermen. Images with 89-#-## codes can be found in Archive box 31
hmbCarpFishing.jpg 577KB
FishhousesGiffithCulver1947.jpg 643KB; Demerest shanty building when it was part of George Sewers fishing operation near Culver St. SewersFishhouse1947.jpg 738KB; George Sewers fishing operation in what is now Coghlin Park at Culver St. WaterStFishHouse1948.jpg 922KB; Sewers family barn on Water Street with fish net reels Thomas C Mullen ca 1958 fishing.jpg 451KN; with radar tower, Beachway and Holiday Hill ramp in background 96-105-35_Carp_Fishing_Douglas.jpg 1.7MB; see box 31, envelope 96-105-35 - note with photo says on far left: Bill Heuer, on far right: Will Roda (game warden) about 1914. 96-105-35 FisherBoySewersFamily.jpg 1.6MB; Sewers family Mackinaw fishing boat at Fishtown circa 1910 RubeSewersFishTug1941.jpg 1.4MB; Rube Sewers fishing tug SewersFishhouse.jpg 1.4MB; Sewers fishing operation on Water Street with green shanty, fish boxes, boiler for steaming/disinfecting nets, two men winding cleaned nets on reels. Mt. Baldhead in the background. Fishtown print.jpg 1.3MB; A fleet of mackinaw boats under sail at Fishtown about 1900. One of these is probably the BIRD, owned by the Shriver family, which was lost in August of 1905. CarpFishing.jpg 1MB; Edward Oswald's very nice catch of non-native carp, likely from dragging nexts across Kalamazoo Lake. 89-2-211_Fishermen.jpg 982KB; see box 31, envelope 89-2-211 fish tug Addison winter.jpg 969KB DemerestFishingScene.jpg 804KB; Demmy Demerest, Jim Sewers and Everett HMCarpFishing.jpg 789KB see box 31, envelope 89-1-42B; Carp Fishermen Ole Olson, George Durham, George Oswald, Dan Hacklander, Charles Barker, Jack Roda, Jack Hacklander 89-1-42A Carp Fishing.jpg 578KB; 89-1-42 Fishing_tug_SILVER_STAR.jpg 788KB; Fishing tug Silver Star on 89-1-43_Carp_Fishing.jpg 636KB - see box 31, envelope 89-1-43; Alfretta Jane, Mrs. Durham, J. HMCarpFishingBigCatch.jpg 634KB; 89-1-43 HM110 Shriver fishermen.jpg 632KB Sewers fishtugs ca 1950.jpg 491KB; postcard image fishing.jpg 395KB; pound or pond netting BB-CleaningFish.jpg 116KB; per Bud Sewers, Feb. 2011 - Bill Heuer cleaning whitefish at Sewers shack near Fruit Exchange (Coghlin Park) HMDemerestWaitingForPay.jpg 963KB; Butch Purchase, Mardel Taylor, George Lenew, Larry Baker, Bob Peel, George Pardue, Ev Van Plue, Erv Diepenhorst, unknown, Jack Sewers Sturgeon-DemyDemerest.jpg 326KB SewersSturgeon.jpg 994KB; Likely twin brothers Rube and Frank Sewers 89-1-100John Hacklander.jpg 587KB - see box 31, envelope 89-1-100; 89-1-100 John Hacklander Will Heuer Demerest_BW_tugs_in_ice.jpg 152KB; Digital file on Jack Sheridan Drive 2021.72.02 Sewers fish house ca 1948.jpg 1MB; Digital file on Jack Sheridan Drive 2021.72.02 BB-SewersNetsByFruitExchange tu.jpg 574KB CWPC-0222Carp.JPG 219KB; Carl Walter postcard collection

2023.10.20

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Demerest, Marvin Eugene "Demmy" 1928-2020Sewers, Reuben W. "Rube" Jr. 1894-1978Sewers, Reuben Washington Sr. (1850-1939)Sewers, Frank Wilmot 1894-1970Thomas C. Mullen (boat)Fisher Boy (sailboat)Heuer, William "Bill" 1875-1967Water St. Fishing DocksCoghlin Park

1845 Fishing, commercial

Winthers, Sally

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These image(s) were copied from the SDHC photo blog [or the Jack Sheridan drive if that was a superior version] in preparation for updating the SDHC website in 2023. The location of an original or printed version of these photos was unknown at the time of cataloging.

03/19/2023

04/25/2025