This steamer is a fishing ship, probably part of the fishing boats that came from Promised Land and worked for the Smith Meal Company catching bunker or menhaden. Bruce C [...]

This photograph, by East Hampton native Bruce Collins, is labeled "taken from the crow's nest, a view of the bow of the bunker steamer Shinnecock while underway looking f [...]

In his History Project, Inc. oral history, Bruce Collins told interviewer Tony Prohaska that he piloted the steamer Shinnecock out of Amagansett for Jack Edwards from 195 [...]

This is one of three Supercub airplanes used to spot fish for Smith Meal Company, during fishing operations. Smith Meal Company used aircraft to search wider areas for fi [...]

In his History Project, Inc. oral history, Bruce Collins told interviewer Tony Prohaska that he piloted the steamer Shinnecock out of Amagansett for Jack Edwards from 195 [...]

These photos are part of a collection of photographs Bruce Collins took on a hunting trip based out of Tangier Island during his time as a bunker boat pilot and captain. [...]

Shown here are African American employees of the Promised Land Fish Factory, which Bruce Collins noted elsewhere typically came from coastal Virginia and North Carolina, [...]

Bruce Collins labeled this image "A Great Compass Set Up." He wrote "Take note of the little round knob on the right side of the corss bar on the compass. That is what we [...]

David Sheldon Miller is elsewhere identified as a crewman on the trawler or bunker boat Malolo. Miller appears here working on the "Top Line" of net. In his History Proje [...]

Garland Fulcher mends a fishing net on the bunker boat Captain Mel. In his History Project, Inc. oral history, Bruce Collins told interviewer Tony Prohaska that he pilote [...]

Lillian Conklin Erickson was known as Babe Erickson. She was "a world class retriever trainer along with her father Harry Conklin. They handled many world champions." Cap [...]

Bunker fishing boats used a type of seine net known as a purse net, because of the way it gathered around the fish it was used to catch. In this image, the net is nearly [...]

Bruce Collins captioned this image, "Robert Lynch at Ward Brothers with Goose Decoys Crisfield, Maryland." These images are part of a series of photos Bruce Collins took [...]

Boats in the harbor at Tangier Island, Virginia. These are presumably other fishing boats based out of Tangier Island, based on the style of the boats and other photos of [...]

In his History Project, Inc. oral history, Bruce Collins told interviewer Tony Prohaska that he piloted the steamer Shinnecock out of Amagansett for Jack Edwards from 19 [...]

In his History Project, Inc. oral history, Bruce Collins told interviewer Tony Prohaska that he piloted the steamer Shinnecock out of Amagansett for Jack Edwards from 195 [...]

Bruce Collins captioned this image, "Steve Ward with Goose Decoy. Steve was the carver brother Lem painted." These images are part of a series of photos Bruce Collins too [...]

In his History Project, Inc. oral history, Bruce Collins told interviewer Tony Prohaska that he piloted the steamer Shinnecock out of Amagansett for Jack Edwards from 195 [...]

Bruce Collins captioned this image "A Hunting Cabin on the Point, Tangier, Virginia." This image is part of a series of photographs documenting a hunting trip based on or [...]

This image is part of a series of images documenting a hunting trip Bruce Collins took, based out of Tangier Island, Virginia, accompanied by Robert Crockett, a bayman or [...]

In his History Project, Inc. oral history, Bruce Collins told interviewer Tony Prohaska that he piloted the steamer Shinnecock out of Amagansett for Jack Edwards from 195 [...]

In his History Project, Inc. oral history, Bruce Collins told interviewer Tony Prohaska that he piloted the steamer Shinnecock out of Amagansett for Jack Edwards from 195 [...]

The image is captioned "Call geese, Robert Crockett, Tangier Island" by Bruce Collins. Robert Crockett appears in other images as a hunting companion and fellow Bunker fi [...]

In his History Project, Inc. oral history, Bruce Collins told interviewer Tony Prohaska that he piloted the steamer Shinnecock out of Amagansett for Jack Edwards from 195 [...]

In his History Project, Inc. oral history, Bruce Collins told interviewer Tony Prohaska that he piloted the steamer Shinnecock out of Amagansett for Jack Edwards from 195 [...]