Fishing And Fisheries Collection

Mending Nets, West Cornwall Fisheries Exhibition
A posed group of eight women wearing traditional costumes and carrying out tasks associated with the fishing industry

Pilchard seine boat, Cornwall County Fisheries Exhibition
Pilchard seine boat on the River Kenwyn at Back Quay in Truro, with Samuel Brokenshire carriage factory in the background

Double and Single Winch Oyster Dredge Boat
Boat on the river with a winch and net and oars. A wooden sign on the boat identifies it as a double and single winch oyster dredge boat

Pilchard drift boat, Cornwall County Fisheries Exhibition
Pilchard drift boat on the River Kenwyn at Back Quay in Truro showing Samuel Brokenshires carriage factory in the background

Shrimper on River Fal, Cornwall County Fisheries Exhibition
Titled Shrimper on River Fal. An elderly man with a large shrimping net

Setting the net at St Ives, Cornwall County Fisheries Exhibition
Titled Setting the net, St Ives. Three men are standing on the beach among fishing boats. A seated boy is just visible on right

Cornish fishwife with cawl, Cornwall County Fisheries Exhibition
Titled Cornish fishwife with cawl. In Cornwall, a cawl is a basket for carrying fish

Exhibition tanks, Cornwall County Fisheries Exhibition
Interior of the exhibition hall showing exhibition tanks. The exhibition site was a field at the top of Lemon Street and the exhibition ran from 25th July 1893 for a month

Exhibition hall, Cornwall County Fisheries Exhibition
Interior of the exhibition hall showing exhibits including model boats and the stand of J

Exhibition entrance, Cornwall County Fisheries Exhibition
View showing the castellated entrance of the Fisheries Exhibition. The site of the exhibition was a field at the top of Lemon Street and the exhibition ran from 25th July 1893 for a month

Mackerel seine boat, Cornwall County Fisheries Exhibition
A view of the open seine boat with fishing gear, probably sitting on the River Kenwyn at Back Quay in Truro

Single winch oyster dredge, Cornwall County Fisheries Exhibition
A view of the open fishing boat with fishing gear and winch, probably sitting on the River Kenwyn at Back Quay in Truro

Victoria, Australia exhibit at the Cornwall County Fisheries Exhibition
A view of the exhibit Drawings of fish found in Victorian waters, Forwarded by the Government of Victoria, Australia. Also in the photograph is a collection of fish lent by the Dominion of Canada

Art gallery, Cornwall County Fisheries Exhibition, Truro, Cornwall. July to August 1893
A view of the art gallery, with tables and chairs in the centre of the gallery. The art exhibition included work by the artist Dorothy Worden

Fisherman in Japanese costume, Cornwall County Fisheries Exhibition
Titled Japanese fisherman but evidently a local man wearing a kimono. The main exhibition site was a field at the top of Lemon Street and the exhibition ran from 25th July 1893 for a month

Fishermen carrying nets at St Ives
Titled Fishermen carrying nets, St Ives. Three men and a boy with lobster pot on beach. A fishwife is standing by a boat named Pickwick

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