Men shoveling smelt from boat bottoms into boxes at Columbia River Smelt Co., Kelso, WA

Title: Men shoveling smelt from boat bottoms into boxes at Columbia River Smelt Co., Kelso, WA
LC Subject: Riparian areas Rivers Fishers Boats and boating Smelts Northwest, Pacific Bodies of water Photography
Local Collection ID: PH037
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Description: Black and white image of four men, one of whom is shoveling smelt from the bottom of a boat into wooden boxes. The boxes have the words "From the Columbia River Smelt Co. Kelso, Wash." stamped on them. The man doing the shoveling is an older man with his back to the camera. He is wearing a hat with a brim, a long-sleeved shirt, a vest with a large hole in the back, workpants and shoes. To his left, a younger man kneels, holding on to one of th boxes with his right hand. He is wearing a brimmed hat, long-sleeved shirt, and pants. In another boat facing the camera is an elderly man dressed in a suit, with jacket, white shirt and bowtie, and a brimmed hat. Next to him in the boat is a younger man, without a hat, wearing work pants, and a long-sleeved shirt with the collar pulled up around his neck. Behind them is the river and the opposite shore can be seen in the distance.
Location: Columbia River >> Douglas County >> Washington >> United States Washington >> United States
Date: 1880/1949
Identifier: ORU_PH037_0013
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Language: English
Local Collection Name: Angelus Studio Photographs
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Set: Western Waters Digital Library Angelus Studio photographs, 1880s-1940s
Primary Set: Angelus Studio photographs, 1880s-1940s
Institution: University of Oregon