Baskets Collection

Fishing, St Ives, Cornwall. Early 1900s
Tucking pilchards off St Ives. Close up of fish and fishermen. Group of onlookers in the background. This picture was used by A.K. Hamilton in the book Cornwall and its People. Photographer: Unknown

East Looe Quay, Cornwall. 1904
Two schooners can be seen tied up along the quay, the Mary of Glasgow and Priscilla. On the right a line of railway trucks full of coal from the Liskeard and Looe Railway. Photographer: Herbert Hughes

The Harbour, Mousehole, Cornwall. 1890
View of the harbour at low tide with a group of fishing boats. In the foreground on the quay, a man and woman sit on an upturned rowing boat

Pilchard seining, St Ives, Cornwall. Early 1900s
Panoramic view of pilchards being gathered by the seining method and then tucked into nets off Porthminster. Photographer: Probably Edward Ashton

The Fly pilchard cellar, Newquay, Cornwall. Around 1900
The interior of the Fly fish cellar with a group of fishermen. Photographer: Ennor

Fish being packed into a barrel, St Ives, Cornwall. 1904
Fish being packed into a barrel, opposite the Sloop Inn. Fish boxes, marked England & Son, St Ives stacked high in the background. Photographer: Herbert Hughes

Roskilly Post Office, Coverack, St Keverne, Cornwall. Early 1900s
Street scene with two children playing and an artist painting. Photographer: Unknown

Ye Old Lugger, Fowey, Cornwall. 1904
A view of The Old Lugger with the Truro, St Austell and Fowey coach outside. The sign states that the pub was established in 1633 and the proprietor was Robert Varco

Ye Old Lugger, Fowey, Cornwall. 1914
A view of The Old Lugger with the Truro, St Austell and Fowey coach outside. A similar image to FOWih.2 and 3. The sign states that the pub was established in 1633

St Ives harbour, Cornwall. 1892
Two men and three boys posing with horse and fish cart on the beach at St Ives. Photographer: Unknown

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