Art Resource - AR948885

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

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

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

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Diver coming up with sponges, 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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Sponge market, Key West harbour, Florida, USA, c1900(?). Artist: Keystone View Company

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Fishing fleet berthed at 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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Sightseeing boats, Roney Plaza Hotel docks, Miami Beach, Florida, USA, 1948.

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

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

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

Scene at the sponge exchange, Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA, 1940. View showing men posing behind large pile of sponges laid out on the docks. The masts of boats are visible in the background. Tarpon Springs was the centre of a thriving sponge harvesting industry from the late 19th century. According to the postcard, the sponge exchange at tarpon Springs was the largest in the world at the time. 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 AR948885

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4107px × 2589px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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