Down on T Wharf: The Boston Fisheries As Seen Through the Photographs of Henry D. Fisher (American Maritime Library)

Down on T Wharf: The Boston Fisheries As Seen Through the Photographs of Henry D. Fisher (American Maritime Library) by German, Andrew W.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780913372265.

Picturesque T Wharf was long the home of Bostons fishing industry. Henry D. Fisher created a remarkable photographic record of the fishing fleet in Boston Harbor between 1908 and 1920, when Boston was Americas largest fish market. This books 117 photographs, accompanied by an equally vivid text, recreate the fishing vessels and markets of a vanished era. The North American Society for Oceanic History named Down on T Wharf the best book on American maritime history published in 1982.