Restored Chesapeake Bay oyster buy boat
These traditional boats tended to the oyster fleets working the beds in the Bay, buying harvested oysters from the oystermen in the afternoon, and running those oysters to faraway markets and rail centers in Norfolk, Crisfield, Baltimore, and Washington DC, and to local shucking houses and canneries around the Bay.
watercraft fishing oystering shellfish harvest market waterman livelihood occupation working Talbot County MarylandAuthor(s) | Jane Hawkey |
Author Company | Integration and Application Network |
Date Created | 2014-07-15 |
Album | Human > Recreation |
Type | Photo |
Dimensions | 3072 x 2048 |
Filesize | 4.6 MB |
Number of Downloads | 224 |
Filetype(s) | JPG |
License | Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) |
Required Attribution | Jane Hawkey, Integration and Application Network (ian.umces.edu/media-library) |