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Hut of oyster fisherman, Chesapeake Bay, near Sherwood, Md., U.S.A.

Hut of oyster fisherman, Chesapeake Bay, near Sherwood, Md., U.S.A.

3 African Americans standing in foreground; one of them holding a rifle over his shoulder. Stereo copyrighted by the Keystone View Co. No. 6889. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Ind. Shellfish; African Americans... More

A young oyster fisher ? Others smaller employed in busy season. Apalachicola, Fla. Randsey Summerford says he starts out at 4 A.M. one day, is out all night in the little oyster boat and back next day some time. Gets a share of the proceeds. Said he was 16 years old and been at it 4 years. Lives in Georgia and is here 6 months a year. Location: Apalachicola, Florida

A young oyster fisher ? Others smaller employed in busy season. Apalac...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 574. The word "season" is underlined on the caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collect... More

Fishing boats loading the barge on the reef,.  Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama.

Fishing boats loading the barge on the reef,. Location: Mobile Bay, A...

Public domain scan of print depicting a sailboat or small ship, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The oyster gathers [sic] of Cancale

The oyster gathers [sic] of Cancale

Picryl description: Public domain photo of French art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Hut of oyster fishermen, Chesapeake Bay, near Sherwood, Md., U.S.A.

Hut of oyster fishermen, Chesapeake Bay, near Sherwood, Md., U.S.A.

Two African American women and one man standing outside building, near water. H68658 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 6889.

Oyster tongers fishing from stern, Chesapeake Bay, Md., U.S.A.

Oyster tongers fishing from stern, Chesapeake Bay, Md., U.S.A.

Stereo copyrightd by Keystone View Co. No. 6871. Caption card tracings: Fishing Oysters; Md. Chesapeake Bay; Photog. I.; Geogr.; Shelf.

Oyster boats loading the barge, The Reef,.  Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama.

Oyster boats loading the barge, The Reef,. Location: Mobile Bay, Alab...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oyster fleet fishing on the reefs. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama

Oyster fleet fishing on the reefs. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1962. No text recorded after final comma on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collect... More

The Skipper on the Oyster Barge, Mobile Bay.  Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

The Skipper on the Oyster Barge, Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Batre...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maryland--The oyster war--A state police steamer overhauling a pirate boat on Chesapeake Bay, off Swan's Point / from a sketch by Frank Adams.

Maryland--The oyster war--A state police steamer overhauling a pirate ...

Two men on police boat arresting two men who are illegally oystering. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 65, no. 1686 (1888 Jan. 7), p. 345.

Song of the tongs / Gallaway. - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Song of the tongs / Gallaway. - Lithograph, public domain, Library of ...

Words of song, illustrated with African-American man using tongs to harvest oysters. Illus. in: Puck, 1905 Oct. 11, back page.

Oyster fishing on the reef. Found a few young boys about 12 years old, but not many.  Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama.

Oyster fishing on the reef. Found a few young boys about 12 years old,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oyster tongers fishing from side of boat, Chesapeake Bay, Md., U.S.A.

Oyster tongers fishing from side of boat, Chesapeake Bay, Md., U.S.A.

Stereo copyrightd by Keystone View Co. No. 6872. Caption card tracings: Fishing Oysters; Md. Chesapeake Bay; Photog. I.; Geogr.; Shelf.

Oyster barge nearing the fleet fishing on the reefs.  Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama.

Oyster barge nearing the fleet fishing on the reefs. Location: Mobile...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oyster fleet fishing on the reefs.  Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama.

Oyster fleet fishing on the reefs. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oyster fleet fishing on the reefs,.  Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama.

Oyster fleet fishing on the reefs,. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Field-worker Nancy Nusz photographs Cletus Anderson, Apalachicola, Florida

Field-worker Nancy Nusz photographs Cletus Anderson, Apalachicola, Flo...

Folklorist Nancy Nusz conducting ethnographic documentation of oysterman Cletus Anderson at work.

Oystering on the Chesapeake. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Oystering on the Chesapeake. 19th century, Library of Congress collect...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1890 Jan 11, p. 20. Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rock oyster digging, Newport, Oregon

Rock oyster digging, Newport, Oregon

Photograph shows men with pickaxes and women and children gathering oysters at coast. J142892 U.S. Copyright Office. Stamped on recto: Wittemann Collection (Albertype Co.), gift of Mrs. Gladys G. Wittemann, Ju... More

Oyster barge nearing the fleet fishing on the reefs. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama

Oyster barge nearing the fleet fishing on the reefs. Location: Mobile ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 1698. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

A young oyster fisher [?] Others smaller employed in busy season. Apalachicola, Fla. Randsey Summerford says he starts out at 4 A.M. one day, is out all night in the little oyster boat and back next day some time. Gets a share of the proceeds. Said he was 16 years old and been at it 4 years. Lives in Georgia and is here 6 months a year.  Location: Apalachicola, Florida.

A young oyster fisher [?] Others smaller employed in busy season. Apal...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Favorite bed for small boats - Gathering and dressing oysters under difficulties

Favorite bed for small boats - Gathering and dressing oysters under di...

One of three images under title: Maryland - American Industries - Gathering oysters in the great beds in Chesapeake Bay, near Annapolis, from sketches by Joseph Becker. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated new... More

Oyster barge approaching oyster fleet fishing on the reef.  Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama.

Oyster barge approaching oyster fleet fishing on the reef. Location: ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fred, a young oyster fisher; working on an oyster boat in Mobile Bay, the Reef, near Bayou La Batre, said he was fourteen, but not likely.  Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Fred, a young oyster fisher; working on an oyster boat in Mobile Bay, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A young oyster fisher ? Others smaller employed in busy season. Apalachicola, Fla. Randsey Summerford says he starts out at 4 A.M. one day, is out all night in the little oyster boat and back next day some time. Gets a share of the proceeds. Said he was 16 years old and been at it 4 years. Lives in Georgia and is here 6 months a year. Location: Apalachicola, Florida

A young oyster fisher ? Others smaller employed in busy season. Apalac...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 574. The word "season" is underlined on the caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collect... More

A young oyster fisher [?] Others smaller employed in busy season. Apalachicola, Fla. Randsey Summerford says he starts out at 4 A.M. one day, is out all night in the little oyster boat and back next day some time. Gets a share of the proceeds. Said he was 16 years old and been at it 4 years. Lives in Georgia and is here 6 months a year.  Location: Apalachicola, Florida.

A young oyster fisher [?] Others smaller employed in busy season. Apal...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Skipper on the oyster barge, Mobile Bay.  Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

The Skipper on the oyster barge, Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Batre...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Skipper on the oyster barge, Mobile Bay.  Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

The Skipper on the oyster barge, Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Batre...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oyster boats loading the barge, The Reef. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama

Oyster boats loading the barge, The Reef. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabam...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1964. No text recorded after final comma on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collect... More

Oyster barge approaching oyster fleet fishing on the reef. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama

Oyster barge approaching oyster fleet fishing on the reef. Location: M...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 1699. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Fishing boats loading the barge on the reef. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama

Fishing boats loading the barge on the reef. Location: Mobile Bay, Ala...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1963. No text recorded after final comma on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collect... More

John Singer Sargent - The oyster gathers sic of Cancale

John Singer Sargent - The oyster gathers sic of Cancale

Photograph of a painting signed "John Sargent" at Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 852. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Oyster barge starting for the reef, Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Oyster barge starting for the reef, Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Bat...

Photo shows the Wyandotte of New Orleans with a small boat trailing behind, and three crew members. Identified as the working boat of Raymond Barbour Sr. (Source: T. Taylor and W. Barbour Jemison, August, 2015)... More

Oyster boats loading the barge. The Reef.  Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama.

Oyster boats loading the barge. The Reef. Location: Mobile Bay, Alaba...

Public domain scan of print depicting a sailboat or small ship, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Skipper on the oyster barge, Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

The Skipper on the oyster barge, Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Batre,...

Identified as Raymond Barbour Sr. (1870-1954) on the boat Wyandotte (Source: T. Taylor and W. Barbour Jemison, August, 2015) Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Misc... More

Oyster boat with load coming up to the barge to unload. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama

Oyster boat with load coming up to the barge to unload. Location: Mobi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 1697. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Oyster barge starting for the reef, Mobile Bay.  Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Oyster barge starting for the reef, Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Ba...

Photo shows the Wyandotte of New Orleans with a small boat trailing behind, and three crew members. Identified as the working boat of Raymond Barbour Sr. (Source: T. Taylor and W. Barbour Jemison, August, 2015)

Man on horseback talking with a man carrying an oystering shovel on the shore of the Delaware River, another man is standing on a sea wall and gesturing toward approaching dark clouds, and there is another man standing on a bluff just above the shoreline Queen

Man on horseback talking with a man carrying an oystering shovel on th...

Signed in pencil on lower left. Cochran, 119 (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress).

Oyster boat with load coming up to the barge to unload.  Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama.

Oyster boat with load coming up to the barge to unload. Location: Mob...

Public domain scan of print depicting a sailboat or small ship, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oyster fleet fishing on the reefs. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama

Oyster fleet fishing on the reefs. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1961. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

The Skipper on the Oyster Barge, Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

The Skipper on the Oyster Barge, Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Batre,...

Identified as Raymond Barbour Sr. (1870-1954) on the boat Wyandotte (Source: T. Taylor and W. Barbour Jemison, August, 2015) Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Misc... More

Oyster fishing on the reef. Found a few young boys about 12 years old, but not many. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama

Oyster fishing on the reef. Found a few young boys about 12 years old,...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1966. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Oyster barge approaching the oyster fleet on the reef, Mobile Bay.  Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama.

Oyster barge approaching the oyster fleet on the reef, Mobile Bay. Lo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Skipper on the oyster barge, Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

The Skipper on the oyster barge, Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Batre,...

Identified as Raymond Barbour Sr. (1870-1954) on the boat Wyandotte (Source: T. Taylor and W. Barbour Jemison, August, 2015) Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Misc... More

Oyster boats loading the barge. The Reef. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabama

Oyster boats loading the barge. The Reef. Location: Mobile Bay, Alabam...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1965. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Fred, a young oyster fisher; working on an oyster boat in Mobile Bay, the Reef, near Bayou La Batre, said he was fourteen, but not likely. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Fred, a young oyster fisher; working on an oyster boat in Mobile Bay, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1968. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More