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Sponge fleet in the harbour, Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA, 1940.

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

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Diver coming up with sponges, 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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'Beautiful Spring Bayou, the Venice of the South, Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA', 1940.

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

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

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Sightseeing boats, Roney Plaza Hotel docks, Miami Beach, Florida, USA, 1948.

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

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

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Ore boats at dock, Escanaba, Michigan, USA, 1940.

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

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US Coast Guard and maritime training ships, Bayboro Harbour, St Petersburg, Florida, USA, 1940.

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Public dock, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA, 1940.

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'A busy time along the docks at Port Houston, Houston, Texas', USA, 1947.

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Pleasure craft at Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida, USA, 1940.

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Steamers at the Colman Dock, Seattle, Washington, USA, 1913.

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Turning basin, Houston, Texas, USA, 1926.

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

Sponges on the dockside, Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA, 1940. Postcard. People walk through and inspect the harvest. Many more sponges can be seen in piles. There are boats moored abong the dock. 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 AR948883

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4087px × 2595px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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Curt Teich Postcard Archives

fishing industry

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

water transport