Established in 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts, the James Hook Lobster Company opened its doors on Northern Avenue, right across the street from the city’s financial district. Building the business from the ground up, James Hook began by selling clams and eventually lobsters, growing and establishing his brick and mortar business. James Hook Company would go on to become the first wholesale lobster market in Boston. The Hook family revolutionized their industry by importing lobsters from Canada and Maine, and were the first to sell cold water lobsters in Florida. Three generations later, the Hook family preserved and maintained their legacy throughout the shifting markets, naming each generation after the other, James, Ed, and Al Hook. In 2018, an electrical fire burned the building down, leaving only these images as the sole documentation of the original historic landmark.
