Historic Architecture - Baltimore - Shucking oysters, oyster house – Vintage Print
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Step back in time with Historic Architecture - Baltimore - Shucking oysters, oyster house, a historic image rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Historic Architecture - Baltimore - Shucking oysters, oyster house
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Oyster shucking was once a common sight along Baltimore's waterfront, where packing houses opened raw oysters by hand for shipment and sale across the region. The title places the scene in an oyster house, a workplace that depended on the Chesapeake Bay's harvest and on workers who could open shells quickly with a knife. Baltimore became one of the country's major oyster-processing centers in the 19th century, and the trade employed large numbers of local people, many of them working in cramped, damp rooms. Look at the tools and the posture of the shucker, which show how much of the work depended on skill and speed.
| Subjects | Historic Print Archive |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 1,321 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110962 |
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