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Simple map of Delmarva

Photograph of female farmer with goat.

Photograph of two men duck hunting on the Nanticoke River

A rack, pitchfork/hayfork, corner sheller and barrel, used as tools for farming,

Photograph of H. Fillmore Bounds

Turtle pot, which was converted from a crab trap, Oyster Tongs, a tool used to gather/harvest oysters, Eelpot, a wicker trap used to catch eel, often used as food and bait, and a hickery oyster mop, used to sweep homes and scrub boats.

Here are Claude Marvel and Skid in the same plywood boat. Claude is holding up a 40-pound rock. This whopper had to be thrown back by law, but Claude sure was tickled to catch it.

Artifacts of Native American life of the 17th and 18th centuries on the Eastern Shore continue to be discovered around the region. These objects provide insight to their daily lives and routines.

Artifacts of Native American life of the 17th and 18th centuries on the Eastern Shore continue to be discovered around the region. These objects provide insight to their daily lives and routines. This grinding stone found next to the St. Martin River…

Photograph of Haitian migrant farmworkers in Salisbury, MD.