. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fisheries Exhibit in the National Museum During the i88o's, when Captain J. \\. (idllins was serving the Commission of Fish and Fisheries. The Commission was estabHshed in 1871 through the efl'oris of Spencer F. Baird, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and it was lieaded by him until his death in 1887. {Smithsonian photo 46^97-) hand on a fishing \-e,ssel. By home study and much reading he succeeded in echicating himseh'; at 23 he became master of a fishing schooner; and in the 1860"s he moved to Gloucester, where he w
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fisheries Exhibit in the National Museum During the i88o's, when Captain J. \\. (idllins was serving the Commission of Fish and Fisheries. The Commission was estabHshed in 1871 through the efl'oris of Spencer F. Baird, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and it was lieaded by him until his death in 1887. {Smithsonian photo 46^97-) hand on a fishing \-e,ssel. By home study and much reading he succeeded in echicating himseh'; at 23 he became master of a fishing schooner; and in the 1860"s he moved to Gloucester, where he was a very successful master of fishing schooners, particularly in the sum- mer mackerel fishery. Among his commands were the schooners Lizzie F- Choate and the Alice G. He married Pauline Coombs in 1861 and after her death, in 1884, he married Sallie Atkinson. In the 1870"s the Gloucester fishing fleet suffered tremendous losses in vessel property and in li\"es during a number of severe gales. These disasters so horrified C'ollins that he began to write articles for the news- papers, recommending an improved type of schooner to give greater safety. He also began to study half- model making, obtaining aid from the noted Boston shipbuilder and designer Dennsion J. Lawlor. Col- lins' newspaper articles attracted wide attention and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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