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Lay Brothers Fisheries Photographs

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Title	Lay Brothers Fisheries Photographs
Subject	Business and Labor Fishing industry Piers & wharves Employees
Place	Sandusky (Ohio) Erie County (Ohio)
Description	These four photographs document Lay Brothers Fisheries in Sandusky, Ohio. The first two 7" x 10.5" (17.8 x 25.4 cm) photographs provide exterior views of the company's docks and factory. The third 8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.4 cm) photograph shows the company's office. The final photograph of a group of Lay Brothers employees measures 8.75" x 5.5" (22.23 x 13.97 cm). John Sr. and Jacob Lay established Lay Brothers Fisheries, Inc. in 1870. John Sr. had only been working in the fishing industry for over a year, but business was so good he decided to expand. The company grew rapidly, adding more fishing boats. Another brother, Henry, joined the business in 1881. The business peaked in the 1930s with approximately thirty fishing boats. By the 1950s, however, the business declined as the fish population decreased and competition from Canada increased. It closed in 1961. Commercial fishing was one of the largest industries in Sandusky in the nineteenth century. The shallow waters of western Lake Erie and the natural harbor of Sandusky Bay provided both an excellent source of fish and convenient access for the fishermen. By the 1880s, Sandusky was one of the largest fresh-water fish markets in the world, with more than six firms engaged in the fishing business, employing over 1,000 men. Among the more common types of fish caught for sale were herring, white fish, pickerel, sturgeon (primarily for its caviar), and yellow perch. Catches in the early days were plentiful, with daily harvests commonly reaching 500 tons per day. During good seasons, the number could exceed 1,000 tons per day. Before refrigeration was available to preserve the fish, much of the it was smoked, salted, or packed in ice harvested from the bay during the previous winter. By the end of the twentieth century, however, the commercial fishing industry in Sandusky ceased to exist.
Date of Original	1900 circa
Collection	Sandusky Fisheries
Source	Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution	Sandusky Library/Follett House Museum
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html
Type	StillImage
Format	picture

Title	Om520_974792_001
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om520_974792_001.tif
Image Height	2797
Image Width	3597
File Size	1253.901 KB

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