• Item: original antique plate
• Title: The River Fisheries of the Atlantic States.
• Source: The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States, By George Brown Goode. Plate # 163.
• Publisher: Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.
• Date: 1887
• Artist: from an unattributed photograph.
• Production technique: engraving.
• Engraver: Photo-Engraving Company, New York.
• Location: Susquehanna River.
• Subjects: Shad fishing at night on the Susquehanna River; laying out the gill-net.
• Paper dimensions:  11 1/4" by 8 7/8"
• Image dimensions: 9" by 6 3/8"
• Condition: Very good. Age-toned. Minor blemishes. Light creasing in upper corners.