Oyster farm

copy photo

Copy photo, oystering, (Bluepoints Co., Inc. Coll., W. Sayville, NY); replanting oysters, Bluepoints Co., Greenport, L.I., 1945; caption on back "READY TO BE MOVED - As the young oysters grow they must be scooped from their birthplace at the oyster farms near Milford, Conn. and moved to the quiet waters of Long Island Sound near Greenport or Sayville. The "baby" oysters are loaded on the ships for their journey through the sound to the farthermost point of Long Island. It will be three years from the time the oysters are planted at Milford, until they will be ready for the final harvest at Greenport." Rubberstamped on back "PHOTO BY/ CARROLL VAN ARK".