Man Standing in Truck, ca. 1975

Chromogenic color print

3.5 × 5.25”

An unidentified man, possibly a relative or employee of the Pell family, leans on the doorway of what is likely a refrigerator truck used to transport fish. Undated, but part of a group of similar photographs from the 70’s and 80’s.

Rouse's Delicatessen, 1970

Chromogenic color print

3.5 × 5.25”

This charming winter scene depicts Rouse’s Deli, a small local grocer in Greenport that closed in the 1990’s. The building, which dates to the 1930’s, was once a bakery and has been transformed into a family home.

The Sea Smile 1, April 1978

Chromogenic color print

3.5 × 5.25”

A trawler, the Sea Smile, is sunk at the dock in Greenport.

The Sea Smile 2, April 1978

Chromogenic color print

3.5 × 5.25”

A trawler, the Sea Smile, is sunk at the dock in Greenport.

The Sea Smile 3, April 1978

Chromogenic color print

3.5 × 5.25”

A trawler, the Sea Smile, is sunk at the dock in Greenport.

Unidentified House, ca. 1975

Chromogenic color print

3.5 × 5.25”

A house possibly belonging to the Pell family.

Winter Harbor 1, 1978

Chromogenic color print

3.5 × 5.25”

What could be Port of Egypt, or what is now Greenport’s Safe Harbor Marina, sits covered in snow and ice.

Winter Harbor 2, 1978

Chromogenic color print

3.5 × 5.25”

What could be Port of Egypt, or what is now Greenport’s Safe Harbor Marina, sits covered in snow and ice.

Winter Harbor 3, 1978

Chromogenic color print

3.5 × 5.25”

What could be Port of Egypt, or what is now Greenport’s Safe Harbor Marina, sits covered in snow and ice.

Aerial Photograph 1, 1982

Chromogenic color print with marker

3.5 × 5.25”

An aerial photograph with marker drawn over its surface, likely to mark the spot for a potential building or commercial site.

Aerial Photograph 2, 1982

Chromogenic color print with marker

3.5 × 5.25”

An aerial photograph with marker drawn over its surface, likely to mark the spot for a potential building or commercial site.

Pelican Primitives Art Gallery, 1968

Chromogenic color print

3.5 × 3.5”

A small art gallery dubbed the “Pelican Primitives Art Gallery” according to the hand-painted inscription above the door, has taken over what used to be a main building for Pell’s Fish Market that can be seen in several other images.

Unidentified Lot, 1968

Chromogenic color print

3.5 × 3.5”

Squid Going in 100th Box, 1968

Chromogenic color print

3.5 × 3.5”

This small print bears the inscription “Pop-Pop, 1968, squid going in 100th box,” capturing a lively, everyday scene from the Pell Fish Dock.

Pell’s Fish Dock Flood 1, 1968

Chromogenic color print

3.5 × 3.5”

A creeping pool of water that has already partially submerged an adjacent garage surrounds the Pells’ family fish dock.

Pell’s Fish Dock Flood 2, 1968

Chromogenic color print

3.5 × 3.5”

Pell’s Fish Dock Flood 1, 1968

Chromogenic color print

3.5 × 3.5”

A creeping pool of water that has already partially submerged an adjacent garage surrounds the Pells’ family fish dock.

Pell Family Trucks and Trailers, 1958

Chromogenic color print

3.5 × 3.5”

An assortment of what are likely refrigerated trailers for moving fish, next to a truck outfitted with “stakes” or wooden boards.

Alongside M Pell’s Sea Food, 1968

Chromogenic color print

3.5 × 3.5”

Inscribed along the back of the print as “Along side M Pell’s Sea Food.”

Harbor Scene, 1972

Chromogenic color print

3.5 × 3.5”

Possibly shows a set of slips after a large storm — what could be a tender or a small fishing boat is filled with water, the shore is awash with scraps of wood and other debris, and a dock in the background appears to be sitting partially out of the water at an angle.

William Pell, Edward Kruk, and Bill Allen, 1975

Chromogenic color print

5 × 7”

A quotidian scene from Pell’s fish market. An inscription on the back of the photograph identifies the man receiving the box as Edward Kruk, a delivery driver, the man in the foreground as Bill Allen, a fisherman, and the man at the back as Bill Pell.

Don and Milt, ca. 1975

Chromogenic color print

5 × 7”

The two men, identified on their cake as Don and Milt, are likely employees of the Pell family’s fish market.

The Hampton at Pell’s Fish Market, ca. 1950

Gelatin DOP print

3.5 × 2.5”

The Hampton docks outside Pell’s Fish Market to deliver its stores.

Fisherman on the Hampton, ca. 1950

Gelatin DOP print

3.5 × 2.5”

A fisherman works at the bow of the Hampton while another leans over the “stakes,” or wooden boards, mounted on the gunwales to smile at the photographer.

Unidentified Man Outside Pell’s Fish Market, ca. 1950

Gelatin DOP print

2.5 × 2.5”

Unidentified Woman with Fishing Accoutrements, ca. 1950

Gelatin DOP print

2.5 × 2.5”

Pell’s Fish Market Entrance, ca. 1950

Gelatin DOP print

3.5 × 2.5”

Pell’s Fish Market, ca. 1950

Gelatin DOP print

2.5 × 3.5”

A view of the main lot and entryway to the market complex looking out over the harbor. The building to the right appears to have been used as a garage and market space at several points.

Man Posing in Front of Pell’s Seafood Trucks, ca. 1950

Gelatin DOP print

2.5 × 3.5”

Pell’s Seafood Truck, ca. 1950

Gelatin DOP print

2.5 × 3.5”

Pulling what is likely a refrigerator trailer, the gleaming surfaces and posed appearance of the truck suggest that the Pells were proud of their expensive work vehicles. Other photographs in the collection like it — including scenes where owners and workers pose in front of or with the trucks — are also suggestive of this.

Pell’s Seafood Trucks, ca. 1950

Gelatin DOP print

2.5 × 3.5”

The Fishhawk, ca. 1950

Gelatin DOP print

2.75 × 2.75”

A man, likely the skipper, stands at the top of the cabin and poses for the camera. The Fishhawk is possibly rigged for swordfishing, featuring the fishery’s distinctive “pulpit” at the bow of the boat.

The Hampton at Pell’s Fish Market 2, ca. 1950.

Gelatin DOP print

2.5 × 3.5”

Young Man Aboard the Lilrod, ca. 1950

Gelatin DOP print

3.5 × 2.5”

A small crowd gathers behind a young man who appears to have just launched his boat — identified from another photograph as likely being the Lilrod — into the water, probably with the help of the man walking away at the edge of the shore. It is unclear why there is an audience, the young man possibly built the boat himself or is launching for the first time.

Pell’s Fish Market Sign at Night, ca. 1960

Gelatin DOP print

3.5 × 5.25”

A handmade sign advertising Pell’s Fish and Lobster market, placed in the bed of a 1960 International B-120 pickup truck.

Pell’s Fish Market with Pontiac Catalina, ca. 1961

Gelatin DOP print

3.25 × 4.5”

A 1961 Pontiac Catalina sits in front of Pell’s Fish Market in the main entry lot. A pickup truck, possibly the same one used to haul their fish market sign, is parked in the background near the building to the right.

Unidentified Man Lighting a Fire, ca. 1950

Gelatin DOP print

3.5 × 5.75”

The Lilrod in Pell’s Fish Market, ca. 1950

Gelatin DOP print

2.5 × 3.5”

It is unclear why the Lilrod (or possibly Lil’ Rod) was posed for this image, though its being photographed at all suggests it was an important or sentimental boat.

Pell’s Fish Market with Ford F600, ca. 1961

Gelatin DOP print

3.5 × 4.5”

Pell’s Garage, ca. 1958

Monochromatic instant photograph (diffusion transfer print)

3.25 × 4.25”

Plock’s Oyster Factory, ca. 1950

Gelatin DOP print

3.25 × 4.25”

The back of the photograph is inscribed “Plocks Sterling Ave,” referring to the Shelter Island Oyster Company factory owned by John Plock at the end of Sterling Avenue in Greenport, which opened in 1935. It is unclear why the photographer took the image, perhaps it was to document a major storm that had left debris strewn all over the muddy ground.

Plock’s Oyster Factory 2, ca. 1950

Gelatin DOP print

3.25 × 4.25”

The back of this photograph is also inscribed “Plocks Sterling Ave,” just like its partner image, referring to the Shelter Island Oyster Company factory owned by John Plock at the end of Sterling Avenue in Greenport that opened in 1935. It is unclear why the photographer took the image, perhaps it was to document a major storm that had left debris strewn all over the muddy ground.

Pell’s Fish Market Trucks 2, ca. 1950

Gelatin DOP print

3 × 4.25”

Pell’s Fish Market Trucks 3, ca. 1950

Gelatin DOP print

3.5 × 2.5”

This image, which was cut for an unknown reason, shows more of the Pell family’s work trucks and trailers for their Fish Market.

Pell’s Fish Market Truck 2, ca. 1950

Gelatin DOP print

3.25 × 4.25”

Children in Front of Pell’s Fish Market Trucks, 1963

Gelatin DOP print

3.5 × 3.5”

Pell’s Fish Market Truck 3, ca. 1950

Gelatin DOP print

3.25 × 4.25”

The Ida K. Docked in Greenport, ca. 1950

Gelatin DOP print

3.25 × 4.25”

The back of this print is inscribed “Truck and boat Ida K. in from being at sea 10 days, all covered with ice.”

Pell’s Fish Market Truck 4, ca. 1950

Gelatin DOP print

3.25 × 4.25”

The Fishhawk docked in Greenport, ca. 1950

2026.8.1

Monochromatic instant photograph (diffusion transfer print)

2.75 × 4.5”

Unloading Fishing Boat, ca. 1950

2026.7.1

Gelatin DOP print

3.25 × 4.25”

The back of this print is inscribed “Unloading scallop boat [with the word ‘scallop’ crossed out] He was fishing early 50’s. Geo. Clause on rope & Capt. Vince S.”

Unidentified View, ca. 1950

2026.6.1

Gelatin DOP print

3.5 × 5.25”

Possibly depicts Greenport Harbor from the docks of Pell’s Fish Market.

The Fishhawk and Norman W. Baily Docked in Greenport, ca. 1950.

2026.1.1

Gelatin DOP print

7 × 5”

An unidentified man, likely the captain of the Fishhawk, stands at the stern of the boat holding up an unidentified object, possibly a fish, at the end of a stick.

Unidentified House 2, ca. 1950

2026.2.1

Gelatin DOP print

3.25 × 4.25”

Unidentified Couple Outside Pell’s Fish Market, ca. 1950

2026.3.1

Gelatin DOP print

3.25 × 4.25”

Pell’s Fish Market 2, ca. 1950.

2026.4.1

Gelatin DOP print

3 × 4”

A view of the large barn-like structure that was one of the main buildings in the market compound.

Night Scene, ca. 1950

2026.5.1

Gelatin DOP print

3.5 × 5.25”

It is not totally clear what the photographer was attempting to capture — there is a fireman in a reflective coat, a rescue vehicle, and a man holding what appears to be a hose.