Hoisting dredge aboard oyster boat MAGICIAN
photograph
PHOTOGRAPHSVan Ark, Carroll
1945
8.13 x 9.88 x 0
Photo, oystering (Bluepoints Co., Inc. Coll., West Sayville, NY); caption at bottom of picture "COMING UP. A dredge is hoisted aboard the "Magician" one of the oyster boats operated by the Bluepoints Company, Inc." Dated on back 1945. Rubberstamped on back "PHOTO BY/ CARROLL VAN ARK". Ref: "Oystering from New York to Boston" by John M. Kochiss, Wesleyan Univ. Press, Middletown, CT., 1974, p. 145, caption: "A typical small powered oyster boat of the 1910 to 1940's era. Note the dredge post and rollers. Courtesy of Bluepoints Co., Inc."
1978.152.272