Old Photograph Fishwife Packing Herring Peterhead Scotland

Old photograph of a fishwife packing herring in Peterhead, Scotland. Peterhead was founded by fishermen and was developed as a planned settlement. In 1593 the construction of Peterhead's first harbour, Port Henry, encouraged the growth of Peterhead as a fishing port and established a base for trade.



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