Boys Net Alewives - Boys venture under the 20-foot waterfall in the Stroudwater river at South Portland, Me., to net herring attempting to leap the dam. The annual seasonal urge of the alewives to get upriver provided about two weeks sport with nets for the boys.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Boys Net Alewives - Boys venture under the 20-foot waterfall in the Stroudwater river at South Portland, Me., to net herring attempting to leap the dam. The annual seasonal urge of the alewives to get upriver provided about two weeks sport with nets for the boys.

Associated Press · [ca. May 1954]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Sport: Fishing: Wirephotos

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