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Cuban Fishing Smack

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Summary:
Cuban fishing smacks frequented the waters around Sanibel, often stopping at Sanibel for supplies on their weeks-long fishing trips. It wasn't unknown for illicit trading in liquor to be conducted as well.
Title: Cuban Fishing Smack.
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Name(s): Ron McCoy
Type of Resource: still image
Issuance: single unit
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: 1 black and white photograph
Summary: Cuban fishing smacks frequented the waters around Sanibel, often stopping at Sanibel for supplies on their weeks-long fishing trips. It wasn't unknown for illicit trading in liquor to be conducted as well.
Identifier: SW00001814 (IID), 50543 (digitool), fgcu:21911 (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): Masts and rigging
Sanibel Island (Fla.) -- History
Sanibel (Fla.)
Captiva Island (Fla.)
Cuban fishing smacks
Peggy Sawyer
Ethyl Sawyer family
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fgcu/fd/SW00001814
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Host Institution: FGCU