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Carp Fishing

Photograph
Two images of adults packing carp or arranging fish nets in the winter. A. Cyko-brand real photo postcard of men posing around a large fishnet. "Carp fishers" is written on the image, 3.5x5.5" B. Photographic print of eleven men and one woman (far left) posed by wooden boxes packed with common carp and more fish piled in the foreground. The names of some of the men are written on the print and include Ole Olson, George Durham, George Oswald or Oswaly, Dan Hacklander, Charles Barker, Jack Roda, and Jack Hacklander. 4.75x6.5" Original accession number is 89-1-42.
HMCarpFishing.jpg 723KB; 89-1-42B Carp Fishermen
hmbCarpFishing.jpg 521KB 89-1-42A Carp Fishing.jpg 524KB 018.FishingonIce.Carp.Saugatuck.jpg 142KB; Another version of this image with a note

1989.01.42

Print, photograph

Hacklander, John J. "Jack" 1885-1956Hacklander, George Daniel 1894-1968Durham, George W. 1883-1972Olsen, Ole J. 1849-1921

In the 1890s, common carp (Cyprinus carpio), a non-native fish species, were introduced to the waters of Michigan in the hopes of supporting sport and commercial fishing. The hearty fish thrived and soon were considered an invasive, destructive species. Environmental impact aside, some people in Saugatuck benefited from the carp. These images show the results of a successful carp trawl. After long nets were dragged across Lake Kalamazoo or the Kalamazoo River, hundreds of pounds of fish were hauled ashore. Unfortunately, the glut of fish eventually drove down fish prices. Source: https://invasions.si.edu/nemesis/species_summary/163344

1845 Fishing, commercialNature, ecology, the landscape

Winthers, Sally

1989.01

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031 A+B+C+D Photo Files

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