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Railway Cars
Railway cars loaded with canvas bags full of crushed oyster shells.
Ration Tokens
Issued by the Office of Price Administration (OPA), the ration tokens were used by retailers as change to give to customers who bought goods with ration stamps during WWII. Red OPA tokens were for meats and fats. Blue OPA tokens were used for…
Red Cross Uniform
An American Red Cross volunteer uniform
Residents at the W.T Handy's House
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.
Residents at the W.T Handy's House
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, Dunbar, Louisiana
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.
Samplers are compilations of different elements, embroidered on a piece of fabric, often linen, that’s how the skills of the maker. The purpose of a sampler has likely changed over time, but we most often associate samplers from the 18th and 19th centuries as examples of embroidery or cross-stitching skills that the maker has practiced and refined – skills that were taught to young girls as part of their school lessons. The skills were taught so they could help with certain needs around the home but eventually became a status symbol – highlighting more challenging technique sand designs. These samplers often contain the alphabet, common phrases, and sometimes buildings, figures, or animals. If we are lucky, the sampler also includes a name and date that allows us to discover more about the person behind the work. This sampler was made by Theresa Dashiells and completed on Dec. 31, 1801.
Samplers are compilations of different elements, embroidered on a piece of fabric, often linen, that’s how the skills of the maker.
Shucking Oysters at Twenty-five Cents a Gallon, Rock Point, Maryland.
Shucking oysters at twenty-five cents a gallon, Rock Point, Maryland. The average shucker does five gallons a day.
Smith Island, Maryland, Somerset County.
Postcard of Smith Island, MD, Somerset County.
Somerset County Deed
Deed, J. William Somers Venables to John Nelms -1775- Somerset County, MD