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Oyster pile, Hampton, Va. – Antique Wall Art

Oyster pile, Hampton, Va., [between 1900 and 1920] — historic photograph
Oyster pile, Hampton, Va., [between 1900 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Hampton, Virginia, on the shores of Hampton Roads, was long one of the centers of the Chesapeake oyster trade, and this view turns to the shellfish themselves: a heap of oysters piled high as the raw material of a working waterfront. The glass negative comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers traveled widely between about 1900 and 1920 documenting American towns, industries and landscapes for commercial sale. Pictures like this one record a trade that depended on hand labor and seasonal harvests, and they show how central shellfish were to the coastal economy of the period.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 071087. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsOysters. Shellfish industry. Shipping.United States--Virginia--Hampton.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan810 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-72477

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