Bruce Collins Photo Archive

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 [...]

Edward ("Miff") Moore, the drive boat man of the Shinnecock, going off in a driveboat. Moore worked as the "driveboat man" on the Shinnecock, a bunker ship. Moore would r [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Fire Extinguisher, Steering Alarm, Running Lights, and Telephone to Engine Room on board a bunker boat. This equipment is located presumably in the Captain's and Pilot's [...]

Six fishing boats leaving Shad Point Marina in Maryland, after the winter overhaul, going out to the Wicomico River. In other images, these boats are identified as part [...]

Wooden boats, which apparently included purse boats, were overhauled in Reedville, Virginia. Steel boats, which appear with black bottoms, are here in Reedville to pick u [...]

This is William Jacobs of East Hampton (elsewhere identified as East Hampton Chief of Polilce) holding a decorative pintail decoy made by Lem and Steve Ward, world renown [...]

This image shows the Drive Boat Man, elsewhere identified as Edward or "Miff" Moore of Tangier Island, Virginia, who was a central part of the Promised Land Fish Factory' [...]

A view of the harbor in Tangier Island, Virginia showing crab shedding houses. Elsewhere in these photos, Bruce Collins explained that the bunker boats from Promised Land [...]

Bruce Collins captioned this image "Nice Tangier Island Boats." Elsewhere in these photos, Bruce Collins explained that the bunker boats from Promised Land fish factory o [...]

Edward ("Miff") Moore, the drive boat man of the Shinnecock, in a driveboat being set in the water. Moore worked as the "driveboat man" on the Shinnecock, a bunker ship. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Bruce Collins captioned this image "An old wooden bunker boat still driven by steam." In his History Project, Inc. oral history, Bruce Collins told interviewer Tony Proha [...]

This image was presumably taken on a bunker boat, and it may have been taken during a Winter sojourn to Southern waters in North Carolina or Florida, based on other image [...]

David Sheldon Miller is identified as a crewman from East Hampton. This image was taken on the Malolo, a trawler or bunker boat out of Promised Land. In his History Proje [...]

The Napeague, a fishing boat, under the command of Captain Norman Edwards appears in this image. There is no way to know where this image was taken, since Captain Norman [...]

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 images were taken on a bunker boat, possibly the Shinnecock. In his oral history, Bruce Collins told interviewer Tony Prohaska that he piloted the steamer Shinnecoc [...]

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 image shows one of the Menhaden or Bunker fish after it was caught. Bruce Collins noted the "average weight [is] 3/4 of a pound, although in the late fall up here th [...]