Eastern Fish Company, New Haven
Dateabout 1885
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 4 3/4 x 6 11/16in. (12 x 17cm)
DescriptionStorefront in a commercial building. A sign above the entrance reads: "12 Eastern Fish Co. 14." The name also appears on an awning. Signs in the shop windows read: "Oysters / Wholesale & Retail" "Headquarters of the Celebrated / Fair Haven / Prov [?] River & Virginia Oysters." Blackboards in front of the store read: "Fresh / Mackerels / Shad / Fresh / Salmon" "Fresh Boiled / Lobsters / 10 cts / Pound and / small ones / 8 and 10 / each" "Shad / halibut / mackerel / flounders / trout / pickerel / and / salmon." Men and women stand in the entrance and on the sidewalk.
Object number1986.146.5
InscribedOn verso: "New Haven."On View
Not on viewCurt Teich & Co., Inc.
early 20th-mid 20th century