Image ID 15-068 Click on the image to return to the Slide Show
This original photograph was printed by A. Aubrey Bodine during his career.
This photograph was taken while on assignment for the Sun Magazine. The large skipjack is the Maggie Lee, the small one on the horizon is the Lucy Tyler. Because of the stormy weather, Bodine had a difficult time photographing and was surprised to find this image when he developed the film. Each raindrop makes a hole in the waves of the Choptank River as the skipjacks Maggie Lee and Lucy Tyler work in the rugged weather. Note the hull in the foreground is not a tru skipjack but it is fore and aft planked with round stern. Not only did it win the $5,000 first prize in the 1949 Popular Photography national contest, but it was also awarded medals in Canada, Sweden, South Africa, Hong Kong, France, the Philippines, Italy, Portugal, and all across the United States.
ImageID 15-068 Title Choptank Oyster Dredgers Date 1948 Signed Yes Titled Yes
