Opening Oysters, the Delicious Sea Food for Which Biloxi is Noted the Whole World Over

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Description

This color image features ten men seated in front of two large wood troughs filled with oysters. The men have buckets in front of them as they shuck the oysters. A white building and a wood building are seen behind them. The title along the bottom of the image reads "Opening Oysters, the Delicious Sea Food for Which Biloxi is Noted Whole World Over."

Publication Date

1920

Publisher

Smith Syndicate, Biloxi, Miss.

Time Period

1920-1929

Subjects

Oysters; Biloxi, MS

Geographic Location

Biloxi, MS

Object Type

image

Format (original)

card

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_Souvenir-Folder-Biloxi-Miss_021

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, , Postcard/Photographs, Box 1: Biloxi Subcollection

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

Recommended Citation

Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University