Gathering seaweed or wrack on Douglas beach, Isle of Man

Date(s): c.1890

Creator(s): Nicholson, John Miller

Scope & Content: Men and women gathering seaweed or wrack to spread on the fields as fertiliser. This practice carried on well into the 1950s.

The iron pier (dismantled in 1894) at the bottom of Broadway is visible behind the horses and carts.

Language: eng

Extent: photo format : 3.25 x 4.25

Physical description: glass

Item name: photograph

Collection: Photographic Archive

Level: ITEM

ID number: PGN 00249

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