Item 101385 - Captain Andrew Peterson, Monhegan, ca. 1890
- Item 101385 - Captain Andrew Peterson, Monhegan, ca. 1890
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- Item 101385
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Image Info Fishermen Andrew Peterson came to Monhegan Island from Denmark in the 1880s.
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Peterson stood next to the Horn fish house, now the Stanley fish house, on Fish Beach trying out the liver of a whale. "Trying out" was done by slowly cooking the liver until it reduced down to oil.
