Art Resource - AR948873

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Sponges on the dockside, Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA, 1940.

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Scene at the sponge exchange, Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA, 1940.

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Sale in progress at the sponge exchange, Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA, 1940.

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Tarpon Avenue looking east, Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA, 1940.

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'Beautiful Spring Bayou, the Venice of the South, Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA', 1940.

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Charter fishing boats at Pier 5, Miami, Florida, USA, 1940.

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Mending nets, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California, USA, 1940.

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A man and woman in a Carter Craft wooden motor boat, Silver Springs, Florida, USA, 1956.

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Fishing fleet berthed at Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California, USA, 1940.

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Purse seiners, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California, USA, 1940.

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Fishing fleet, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California, USA, 1940.

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Transatlantic Clipper flying boat, Miami, Florida, USA, 1940.

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Seafood restaurant, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California, USA, 1940.

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MacArthur Causeway connecting Miami and Miami Beach, Florida, USA, 1940.

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Halifax River Yacht Club, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA, 1940.

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Diver coming up with sponges, Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA, 1940.

Diver coming up with sponges, Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA, 1940. Postcard. A man in a diving suit holding a string bag of sponges coming up from the water and getting onto a boat. A man removes the diver's helmet as another watches. Many sponges are strung on lines hanging on the boat. Tarpon Springs was the centre of a thriving sponge harvesting industry from the late 19th century. Many of the divers were Greek immigrants, who introduced the techniques they had used to gather sponges underwater in the Mediterranean. The industry was wiped out in 1947 by a red algae bloom that killed the sponges.

Unique Identifier AR948873

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 2615px × 4093px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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