Oyster shuckers at work in Barataria Canning Co, Historic Print

Drawn from the Library of Congress archive, this print depicts Oyster shuckers at work in Barataria Canning Co. The Library holds one of the most comprehensive collections of American and international historical prints in the world.

Library of Congress record: Created 1911 February Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1976. Oyster shuckers at work in Barataria Canning Co. Small girls working on left of photo are Gertrude Kron, five years old, and Pauline : -, eight years old, Mildred Kron, three years old, (not working in the photo) works some every day, her mother said. Come from New Orleans. See also photos 1973, 1977, 1997, 1998. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi. Photographic prints.

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