Burin Peninsula 16

Burin Peninsula 16

In one of the towns I photographed on the Burin Peninsula a gentleman invited us to look a the antiques in his "fish store". Wikipedia describes a fish store as follows:

... At one end of the flake was built a building that served dual purposes. The construction of the building, called fish store, was of two story construction and had to be large enough to accommodate a season’s voyage of fish on the top level. In the lower section of the fish store was kept the gear that was used for fishing, buoy's, ropes, killicks, grapples and other miscellany items. (Wikipedia)

I was amazed that one person could have accumulated so many items and organized them in much the same way as many community museums. This building is not open to the public and the items inside aren't for sale, but is a person's private collection. For the next two days I will share photos of some of the items because they were taken using the Nikon Coolpix, as were all the photos over the past 5 days. When I was sharing photos of Europe, I said that this camera was excellent for photographs taken inside under fairly dark lighting conditions. Today's photos are good examples.

Since reality shows such as American Pickers and Canadian Pickers are so popular, I figured that you may enjoy seeing some of these photos. Many of the items are from different countries in the world and are not necessarily antiques, but are interesting. We didn't have time to look at everything but enjoyed our conversation with the gentleman as he told us about a few of the items.

Photos of the Day are for sale as stock photographs
and photographic enlargements.

They can also be purchased as slide shows
and/or wallpapers/screensavers.