Filling cans with shucked oysters

photograph

Photo, oystering (Bluepoints Co., Inc. Coll., W. Sayville, NY). Caption attached to picture: "FILLING CANS WITH SHUCKED OYSTERS. The bivalves have just been given the whirlpool treatment to take off any remaining dirt or bits of shell." 1945. Rubberstamped on back "PHOTO BY/ CARROLL VAN ARK". Ref: "Oystering from New York to Boston" by John M. Kochiss, Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT., 1974, p. 72, caption: "Filling cans with shcuked oysters from the skimmer. Courtesy of Bluepoints Company, Inc."