Images Dated 2016 June

Harbour beach, St Ives, Cornwall. 1900s

Harbour beach seen from Smeaton's Pier, with a fish jouster's horse and cart in the centre, and the wooden Great Western Railway office in the background, on the wharf before the road was built. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

© From the collection of the RIC

Cornish, Gwr, Seagulls

Fishing vessels putting to sea, Mevagissey, Cornwall. 1909

The Mevagissey fishing fleet putting to sea at high tide. Long oars are being used to manoeuvre the vessels out of the sheltered harbour to enable their sails to catch the wind. Vessels 145FY and FY60 are identifiable. The light house on Victoria Pier is in the middle ground on the right of the picture. A group of men stand watching the fleet on the end of North Pier, left of centre of the picture. Photographer: Herbert Hughes

© From the collection of the RIC

The Huers Hut, Newquay, Cornwall. Early 1900s

A view of the Huer's Hut. The hut provided shelter for the Huer, a man who spotted large shoals of fish, often pilchards. He then sounded his horn and shouted "Heva, Heva" ( Here they are), to alert the fishermen in the harbour. Photographer: Arthur William Jordan

© From the collection of the RIC

Men, Path, Railings