Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Shrimper pulling in the line early in the morning
ca 1978; printed 2007
Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a man is pulling a shrimping line. He is wearing a striped shirt, a hat and pants. He is pulling the line with both arms and is leaning to the left. The boat is visible at the bottom of the photograph. The sky is visible at the top of the photograph and the ocean is visible in the middle. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
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Catalog reference: 2014.310.33
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