Carroll Alley of Prospect Harbor, ME, gives his 32' lobster boat ELSA LOUISE an overhaul and paint job.

LB1992.301.192

Carroll Alley and ELSA LOUISE "Carroll Alley of Prospect Harbor, Me., gives his lobster boat an overhaul and paint job. She is 32' long, 8' wide and was built by Harvey Church of Steuben, Me. Alley fishes 125 traps." Alley's boat is about half the width of today's 800 trap boats, and, of course, scraping and painting on in the intertidal zone is no longer permitted. A canvas hood protects the engine. Published November 1954