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Northern Pacific Railway Tacoma shipping first cargo of halibut caught inPuget Sounds by crew of schooner Oscar and Hattie, Sept 20, 1888

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Description

Northern Pacific Railway Tacoma shipping first cargo of halibut caught inPuget Sounds by crew of schooner Oscar and Hattie, Sept 20, 1888.

Credit

Gulf of Maine Cod Project, NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries; Courtesy of National Archives

Photographer

Archival Photographer Stefan Claesson

Display Date

1888 September 20

Location

Washington, Tacoma

Collection

Historic Fisheries