Bruce Collins captioned this image "Starting to Purse Up a Set" referring to the way this type of net, known as a "purse net" is arranged and gathered to capture fish. Purse nets were a key part of the harvesting process used by bunker fisherman working for Promised Land Fish Factory. 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 1954 until 1960. That date is used to estimate the date for these images.