Oral history interview with Oliver LaPlace, May 20, 1975

LaPlace discusses the methods of shad fishing, from reading the currents and tides, to the types and care of nets. He also discusses how shad boats were equipped, how lights and nets were set up while fishing, and how shad was shipped.

Genre

interviews

oral histories

Subject

Shad fisheries

Fisheries -- Equipment and supplies

Fishing nets

Geographic Subject

Essex (Conn.)

Extent

Source extent: Abstract: 3 p. Sound recording: 1 sound cassette (36 min.) Sound recording: 1 sound reel (36 min.) : analog, 3-3/4 ips, 2 track, stereo ; 10 in.

Held By

Mystic Seaport Museum

Use and Reproduction

Note

Note Type	local
Note	theme: Infrastructure

Note Type	local
Note	theme: Livelihood

Note

Interviewed by John Kochiss on May 20, 1975 at Essex, Connecticut. Preferred citation: OH 75-1, Sound Archives, G.W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc. Biographical data: Oliver LaPlace, born 1901 in Lyme, Connecticut was a shad fisherman as well as a carpenter in various Essex boatyards. He first went out in a shad boat at the age of 17, around 1920, but began his actual career in shad fishing around the time of the Great Depression.

Local Identifier

OH 75-1

ms_oh1975_01.mp3

Oral history interview with Oliver LaPlace, May 20, 1975

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