Historical Photos To Blow Your Mind: New Release!

Lobster Roll

Here’s an unusual sight — a boy between two mounted lobsters caught off the New Jersey coast, February 1915. The photo was shot forNational Geographic. Around this time, pound fishing was a major industry along the New Jersey coastline.

Pound fisherman used to catch any type of fish that swam into their nets, and they would row out each day, catch fish, and bring them back to sell at the markets. Sometimes their nets were still filled with parts of dead fish, and people living near the shore could smell fish rotting when the hot sun came out. It wasn’t always safe work; boats capsized and people were injured.