Richard Reckeweg Collecting Wild Fish in Maryland for the National Aquarium, 1960s

View of a man standing at the back of a large van with it's back doors fully open. The man, who is wearing rubber wading pants, is in the act of dumping water and fish out of a large bucket and into a mid-size cardboard box that is lined with a plastic bag. The box is marked "Live Tropical Fish". Other similar boxes are visible in the van. Other buckets are at the man's feet, and beside the right side of the van. The van is parked along a road, with a field on the left side of the van/road.
Photo By/Credit

Rex Gary Schmidt

Date Shot/Created
Circa 1960s
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Original caption: Richard Reckeweg, National Aquarium employee, pouring wild fish collected at Point Lookout, Maryland into plastic lined containers for delivery to the National Aquarium, Washington, D.C. 1960s. Note: the Washington, D.C. National Aquarium closed in 2013.
Subject tags
Aquaculture
Employees (USFWS)
Fisheries
Fisheries management
Fishes
History
Motor vehicles
Work of the Service