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UNLOADING OYSTERS

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Year

1960-08-16

Video Details

2:43; color; silent; V-203 P99-10 (Reel 4)

Description

This is home movie footage of young men shoveling oysters from a small boat into a wheel barrel. An older man stands on the dock and uses oyster tongs to scoop oysters out of the water. Two men haul lobster cages into a small boat off Palm Beach. The Breakers Hotel can be seen in the background.

Corporate Subject

Breakers Hotel (Palm Beach, Fla.)

Geographic Subject

Palm Beach

Subject

Boating
Fishing
Oysters
Seafood industry

Title

UNLOADING OYSTERS

Subject

Boating

Fishing

Oysters

Seafood industry

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Date

1960-08-16

Color

color

Video Details

2:43; color; silent; V-203 P99-10 (Reel 4)

Geographic Term

Palm Beach (Fla.)

Subject - Corporate

Breakers Hotel (Palm Beach, Fla.)

Video Time

2:43

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Digitized

false

Chicago Manual of Style

UNLOADING OYSTERS. 1960-08-16. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253591>, accessed 9 February 2023.

MLA

UNLOADING OYSTERS. 1960-08-16. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 9 Feb. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253591>

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(State Archives of Florida)

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For FY2022-23, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $646,422. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

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