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Credit: Courtesy of the Hampton History Museum
Original Author: Cheyne Studio
Created: ca. 1920
Medium: Photographic print

Oyster Shuckers

Black men shuck oysters in an unidentified seafood plant, probably in Hampton. This photograph was taken by Cheyne Studio, a photographic studio in Hampton that took many images of local oyster packing companies.

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Virginia Humanities acknowledges the Monacan Nation, the original people of the land and waters of our home in Charlottesville, Virginia.


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