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The business of digging clams for bait in the mackerel season is entirely a low tide Industry, and a sight rarely to be seen the world over! At Le Bassin, Magdalen Is. Page 33 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
The business of digging clams for bait in the mackerel season is entirely a low tide Industry, and a sight rarely to be seen the world over! At Le Bassin, Magdalen Is. Page 33 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s

The business of digging clams for bait in the mackerel season is entirely a low tide Industry, and a sight rarely to be seen the world over! At Le Bassin, Magdalen Is. Page 33 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s

Creator Edith Sara Watson (American, 1861 - 1943)
Date1890s-1930s
Mediumalbum page with gelatin silver print
Dimensions13.4 x 19.2 cm
Credit LineFrances Rooney Collection. Purchase, with funds generously donated by Martha LA McCain, 2018
Object number2018/3589.33
LocationNot currently on display

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Digging clams for bait employs most of the women and children in the Magdalens, when the mackerel season is at its height. At "Le Bassin", Amherst Is. Page 36 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Digging clams for bait employs most of the women and children in the Magdalens, when the mackerel season is at its height. At "Le Bassin", Amherst Is. Page 36 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Clam digging, Le Bassin, Magdalen Is. Amherst Is. Photograph from Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Clam digging, Le Bassin, Magdalen Is. Amherst Is. Photograph from Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for In Entry Is. at the end of the lobster season, in the Magdalens. Print of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
In Entry Is. at the end of the lobster season, in the Magdalens. Print of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Photograph
American schooners calling at Burgeo, Nfld. for bait on their way to the Banks. Page 41 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
American schooners calling at Burgeo, Nfld. for bait on their way to the Banks. Page 41 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
The day of our landing by ferry boat, at low tide, in Isle aux Coudres, Que. Page 39 of Quebec II; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
The day of our landing by ferry boat, at low tide, in Isle aux Coudres, Que. Page 39 of Quebec II; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
The landing place at low tide on day of our arrival by the ferry boat, at Isle aux Coudres, Que. Page 38 of Quebec II; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
The landing place at low tide on day of our arrival by the ferry boat, at Isle aux Coudres, Que. Page 38 of Quebec II; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
[Pouring brine into a mackerel barell] Page 7 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
[Pouring brine into a mackerel barell] Page 7 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Heading up the mackerel barrels, Halifax, N.S. Page 2 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Heading up the mackerel barrels, Halifax, N.S. Page 2 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
A busy day for the mackerel barrels! In West Dover, N.S. Page 34 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
A busy day for the mackerel barrels! In West Dover, N.S. Page 34 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
The "nimbus" of the mackerel barrel! Halifax waterfront. Page 4 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
The "nimbus" of the mackerel barrel! Halifax waterfront. Page 4 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
The last drink of brine for the mackerel barrel, outward bound from Halifax, N.S. Page 10 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
The last drink of brine for the mackerel barrel, outward bound from Halifax, N.S. Page 10 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Drying fish, within sight of Percé Rock. Page 27 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Drying fish, within sight of Percé Rock. Page 27 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
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