George Elmer Browne
photographs

George Elmer Browne ©1915, courtesy Fred Hemley, Shore Galleries

Fishermen, on what were most likely "Porgy" boats, get their nets and gear ship-shape for an outing. Porgy, a species of fish also known as sea breems, is a snapper or grunt-like fish particularly popular at the time. Boats would follow these fish up and down the East Coast.

Remembering Nancy Whorf:  p.1 • p.2
George Elmer Browne photographs:  1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5