Oyster Business on Staten Island, New York, 1853

magazine page

PRINTS - ENGRAVINGS
Illustrated News
USA, NY, New York, Staten Island
July 16, 1853
paper
15.88 x 11.25 x 0

Page 19-20 from 7/16/1853 edition of magazine "Illustrated News"; page 20 concerns oystering off Staten Island, NY; 3 engravings, top to bottom: "The Oyster Business - Raking for Oysters," "The Oyster Business - Dredging for Oysters" and "Famous Oyster Locality - View of Prince's Bay." Last picture also shows lighthouse.


UNIDENTIFIED oyster tonger; UNIDENTIFIED oyster sloop
1984.51

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