Crawfishing AKA Lake - Cray Fishing 1930

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I would say that this material is probably unusable due to evidence of nitrate decomposition from original neg.

No title. "Here's "Crawfish" Pete the head man of all "craw-dabbers" - Willamette River, Oregon." C/U of elderly man smoking a pipe as he rows a small boat. M/S of the boat as it...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
30212
Sort Number:
EP 297
Time in/Out:
01:36:58:00 / 01:38:39:00
Canister:
EP 297
Film ID:
256.21
Issue Date:

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