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The Runboat Ray

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Date Issued:
1920
Summary:
The Runboat Ray was sailing vessel that carried ice to fish houses up and down the coast from Punta Gorda to the Ten Thousand Islands. Runboats would pick up iced fish on their return run and rail cars would be filled with the shipped mullet and other fish.
Title: The Runboat Ray.
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Type of Resource: still image
Issuance: single unit
Date Issued: 1920
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: 1 black and white photograph
Summary: The Runboat Ray was sailing vessel that carried ice to fish houses up and down the coast from Punta Gorda to the Ten Thousand Islands. Runboats would pick up iced fish on their return run and rail cars would be filled with the shipped mullet and other fish.
Identifier: SW00001486 (IID), 47786 (digitool), fgcu:21609 (fedora)
Note(s): Originally digitized by Southwest Florida Library Network as part of the Digitizing Southwest Florida Heritage Project and PALMM Project, 2004 in collaboration with the Sanibel Public Library. Project was funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services.
Subject(s): Boats 1910 -- 1920
Sanibel Island (Fla.) -- History
Sanibel (Fla.)
Captiva Island (Fla.)
runboats
Captiva Pass
Ray (runboat)
Held by: Sanibel Public Library, Sanibel Island, Florida
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/ic/SW00001486
Use and Reproduction: All rights reserved. Material may be used only for research, educational, legal and non-commercial purposes, with acknowledgement of DigitalFGCU, Florida Gulf Coast University Library and the Sanibel Public Library.
Host Institution: FGCU