Photograph of permanent residents at the W.T Handy’s House, Crisfield, MD, 1940. They worked on canning vegetables for part of the season and oysters the rest.
Photograph of the residents at the W.T Handy's House located in Crisfield Maryland.They worked on canning vegetables for part of the season and oysters the rest
Rosy, an eight-year-old oyster shucker who works steady all day from about 3:00 A.M. to about 5 P.M. in Dunbar Cannery. The baby will shuck as soon as she can handle the knife. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana.