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 time range is used to date this image. Bruce Collins captioned this image, "Company owned helicopter flown by Charles Smith who lived on Cooper Lane in East Hampton we were neighbors for 50 years." Elsewhere, he explains that the helicopters and planes were used to spot schools of fish for the fish factory.