Step into the world of hardworking fishermen in Provincetown, Massachusetts, during the summer of 1937, through a compelling photograph that captures their daily routines. In this image, fishermen gather in a repair shack, diligently repairing nets and sharpening their tools.
The occupational disease known as fishermen's lip cancer, which developed due to the fishermen holding the twine of the nets in their mouths which is impregnated with coal tar, while sewing sheds light on the challenges and health risks faced by these dedicated individuals in their line of work.