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1. Boy with Fishing Pole at Pacifica Pier, 1964 - Negative

   Boy with Fishing Pole at Pacifica Pier, 1964. Black and white negative shows a boy walking along the boardwalk at the Pacifica pier. He wears a striped shirt and holds a fishing pole. The pier is in the background behind him and there are at least seven other people who walk, fish, or look over the railing of the pier. Part of a series.

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. Crucible, c. 1910-1940 - Crucible, Metal

   Crucible, c. 1910-1940. Crucible for making lead fishing weights, used in the ocean to catch fish and rock fish. Metal bar horizontally extending, intersecting the bottom of the metal bowl. Metal bar has ribbing closest to bowl. At bottom of bowl there is a protruding metal ring. Top lip of bowl has four protruding screws on outside raised rim.

   Record Type: Object

   
3. Crucible with Lead and Slack, c. 1910-1940 - Crucible, Metal

   Crucible with Lead and Slack, c. 1910-1940. Cylindrical base widens to rounded body. Two protruding metal pieces have holes for attached metal rounded handle. Inside cauldron holds square lead block and steel wool. Used to make fishing weights. Lead was manufactured by the Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining and Concentrating Company in Kellogg, Idaho.

   Record Type: Object

   
4. Fishing Gaff, n.d. - Gaff, Fish

   Fishing Gaff, n.d. Cylindrical wooden shaft that tapers to a point. Point is cover with. cast iron point and hook that is attached to the shaft with metal pins.

   Record Type: Object

   
5. Fishing Gaff, n.d. - Gaff, Fish

   Fishing Gaff, n.d. Cylindrical wooden shaft that tapers to a point. Point is cover with. cast iron point and hook that is attached to the shaft with metal pins.

   Record Type: Object

   
6. Fishing off Pacifica Pier, 1964 - Negative

   Black and white photo negative of local man fishing off Pacifica Pier. Part of a series. Description provided by the photographer, Norton Pearl, with assistance from project organizer Cynthia Schreurs.

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Fishing Spear, n.d. - Spear, Fish

   Fishing Spear, n.d. Long yellow tube with metal tube attaching three metal prongs. Whole tube at end with rope tassels.

   Record Type: Object

   
8. Fish Scale from Pete's Harbor Restaurant, n.d. - Scale, Meat

   Fish Scale from Pete's Harbor Restaurant, n.d. Metal scale is of cylindrical shape that has a flat front. Front medallion has text reading, "LANDERS, FRARY / & / CLARK / NEW BRITAIN, CT". Beneath medallion is a metal frame containing numbers and dashes for measurement. Tear-drop shaped weight indicator is attached to metal stick inside cylinder. Metal stick is supported by spring and has a rounded bottom edge. Metal bottom edge has circular...

   Record Type: Object

   
9. Foundry Ladle, c. 1910-1940 - Ladle, Hot Metal

   Foundry Ladle, c. 1910-1940. Ladle for lead for making fish weights. Long narrow handle that tapers to half sphere bowl. Bowl has two lips bisecting laterally from handle. Back side of long handle tapers inward in concave direction. Circular hole at end of handle.

   Record Type: Object

   
10. Lead Fishing Weight, c. 1910-1940 - Weight, Fishing

    Lead Fishing Weight, c. 1910-1940. Lead rectangular base extents upwards and tapers to narrow neck. Raised lip at top narrow to point with wire protruding from end of lead weight.

    Record Type: Object

    
11. Lead Fishing Weight, c. 1910-1940 - Weight, Fishing

    Lead Fishing Weight, c. 1910-1940. Lead rectangular base extents upwards and tapers to narrow neck. Raised lip at top narrow to point with wire protruding from end of lead weight.

    Record Type: Object

    
12. Truman with Fishing Pole at Whistle Stop During Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, October 1948 - Negative

    Truman with Fishing Pole at Whistle Stop During Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot, October 1948. Black and white negative of President Harry S. Truman holding a fishing pole presented to him by the Burlingame Lions Club for the "Shark's Derby."Truman is on his whistle-stop tour at the Burlingame Southern Pacific Depot during the 1948 Truman-Dewey presidential campaign. First Lady Bess Truman is holding a bouquet of flowers and facing President T...

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. Two-Piece Lead Fishing Weight Mold, c. 1910-1940 - Mold, Casting

    Two-Piece Lead Fishing Weight Mold, c. 1910-1940. Rectangle metal mold. Hollow inside in shape of fishing weight. Small hole at top of mold to attach wire. Two separate metal mold pieces used as one for mold to function.

    Record Type: Object