Posted to Beaver Island Historical Society (Facebook page) by Beaver Island Historical Society on 2015-08-07 14:29:57. Caption as posted: "Dick Martin mending ( slugging ) nets, holding the twine needle in his mouth. Each summer the floats were removed and dipped in hot oil, and the nets soaked in tan-bark solution. ( The Journal of Beaver Island History - Volume Four )"
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A black-and-white photograph shows a man in a cap and work clothes standing amid a large fishing net. He holds sections of netting in both hands and a slender needle in his mouth; net floats and bundled gear are visible around him. The photograph is set within a decorative border with lettering beneath it.
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Subjects and keywords
Text in the image
Transcribed from the object itself.
Dick Martin Beaver Island, Mi.
Taken from the record
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The catalogue caption identifies the man as Dick Martin and describes him mending, or “slugging,” nets while holding a twine needle in his mouth. It states that floats were removed and dipped in hot oil and nets were soaked in tan-bark solution each summer. The image was posted to the Beaver Island Historical Society Facebook page on 2015-08-07 by the Beaver Island Historical Society.
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Provenance
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- Collection
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- Original
- https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=429787800562848&set=pb.100063605411595.-2207520000
- Copy taken
- 2025-05-10
- Title from
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The file
| Rendition | Format | Extent | Size | SHA-256 |
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| Master | JPEG | 960 × 738 px | 155 KB | ccfdac93bec6… |
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“Posted to Beaver Island Historical Society (Facebook page) by Beaver Island Historical Society on 2015-08-07 14:29:57”. Individual posters, credited per image. Beaver Island Archive, https://beaverislandarchive.org/media/photograph/2015-08-07-429787800562848/. copy retrieved 2025-05-10.
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