From collection Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Collection
Lobster Fleet and View of Stonington, Maine, B34
"Lobster Fleet and View of Stonington, Maine, B34" Image of Stonington at mid-20th century viewed from the harbor on a warm summer day. Lobster and other fishing boats lie at moorings facing a prevailing southwesterly breeze. The photographer has caught (or posed) two people in skiffs, one motor-powered and one rowed, moving past a large seining boat toward the camera. The town, which in 1949 closely resembles its late-19th century form, can be seen in remarkable detail here: trucks and cars rumble down Main Street past the Opera House at center and Dr. B. Lake Noyes' grand home at the right, and through the commercial center of town. Back decks and loading docks on the building's harborsides reflect the town's essential business of transferring goods between land and water. A group of people are visible on the water's edge. Lines of laundry flap in the gentle breeze on the south side of the buildings and across yards throughout the scene. Wooden lobster traps stand stacked on a pier ready for loading onto a fishing boat. [included in the exhibit "Working Waterfronts"]
