Herring - History

History

Historical images
Still life with a glass of beer and smoked herring on a plate, Pieter Claesz 1636 Still Life with smoked herrings on yellow paper, Van Gogh 1889 Blue herrings, Engels Kozlov 1965 Norse herring boat Reaper, typical of the herring boats that used to operate in Scotland during the early twentieth century The last surviving steam drifter of the Great Yarmouth herring fleet, Norfolk. Drifters were designed to catch herrings in a long drift net. Medieval herring fishing in Scania, 1555 17th century herring factory in Amsterdam Processing river herrings Barrels for storing salted herring, c. 1465 at the archaeological site of Walraversijde, Belgium Japanese Pacific herring fisherman's house in the historic village of Hokkaid, Sapporo Press for extracting oil from herrings in the historic village

Historical images

Still life with a glass of beer and smoked herring on a plate, Pieter Claesz 1636 Still Life with smoked herrings on yellow paper, Van Gogh 1889 Blue herrings, Engels Kozlov 1965 Norse herring boat Reaper, typical of the herring boats that used to operate in Scotland during the early twentieth century The last surviving steam drifter of the Great Yarmouth herring fleet, Norfolk. Drifters were designed to catch herrings in a long drift net. Medieval herring fishing in Scania, 1555 17th century herring factory in Amsterdam Processing river herrings Barrels for storing salted herring, c. 1465 at the archaeological site of Walraversijde, Belgium Japanese Pacific herring fisherman's house in the historic village of Hokkaid, Sapporo Press for extracting oil from herrings in the historic village

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