English: An educational annotated lithograph that shows sponge divers (with mustaches and beards) and their support crews in action. Includes a diver being eaten by a shark.
Français : Lithographie pédagogique annotée, montrant des plongeurs pêcheurs d'éponges (avec moustache et barbe) et leurs équipes de soutien. L'un des plongeurs est mangé par un requin. Bibliothèque du Congrès, Washington.
Date
Source
Digitally restored copy of File:Sponge fishing LCCN2003666909.jpg.
Author
Unknown--from Library of Congress
This is a featured picture on Wikimedia Commons (
Featured pictures) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination
here.
Public domain works must be out of copyright in both the United States and in the source country of the work in order to be hosted on the Commons. If the work is not a U.S. work, the file must have an additional
copyright tag indicating the copyright status in the source country. Note: This tag should not be used for sound recordings.PD-1923Public domain in the United States//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sponge_fishing_LCCN2003666909_restored.jpg