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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

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

Creator Edith Sara Watson (American, 1861 - 1943)
Date1890s-1930s
Mediumalbum page with gelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 18.7 × 22.9 cm (7 3/8 × 9 in.)
Credit LineFrances Rooney Collection. Purchase, with funds generously donated by Martha LA McCain, 2018
Object number2018/3589.41
LocationNot currently on display

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A sunny day for the fish, Burgeo, Nfld. Page 40 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
A sunny day for the fish, Burgeo, Nfld. Page 40 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Spreading cod, Burgeo, Nfld. Page 38 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Spreading cod, Burgeo, Nfld. Page 38 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Image Not Available for A busy day at the [Moulfris?] "Jersey Room" in Burgeo, Nfld. Print from Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
A busy day at the [Moulfris?] "Jersey Room" in Burgeo, Nfld. Print from Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Photograph
A breezy day, on the flakes, in Burgeo, Nfld. Page 37 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
A breezy day, on the flakes, in Burgeo, Nfld. Page 37 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
Just in from the Banks, Halifax, N.S. Page 6 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Just in from the Banks, Halifax, N.S. Page 6 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
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
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
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
Women ashore all along the Newfoundland coast lend a hand at the fish, leaving their men free to go to their fishing. In Petty Harbor, Nfld. Page 42 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Women ashore all along the Newfoundland coast lend a hand at the fish, leaving their men free to go to their fishing. In Petty Harbor, Nfld. Page 42 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
"Fish cakes" are made by the women before the dew begins to fall. North side of St. John's, Nfld. Page 43 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
"Fish cakes" are made by the women before the dew begins to fall. North side of St. John's, Nfld. Page 43 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
[Fishing culture in Nfld and St. Pierre et Miquelon]. Page 19 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
[Fishing culture in Nfld and St. Pierre et Miquelon]. Page 19 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
"A modern Evangeline"! In Petty Harbor, Nfld. Page 39 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
"A modern Evangeline"! In Petty Harbor, Nfld. Page 39 of Fish; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
The Squire Goes Calling. Page 23 of Quebec II; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
The Squire Goes Calling. Page 23 of Quebec II; from collection of Canadian albums compiled by Edith S. Watson, 1890s-1930s
Edith Sara Watson
1890s-1930s
Page
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