Photograph
Shell Buyers with Launch and Barge
| Prairie du Chien (vicinity) about 1895-1900. Shell buyers with their launches and barges docked at shoreline. Freshwater clam shells were used in the pearl button industry in this area. |
| Image ID: | 64426 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1895 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Prairie du Chien |
| County: | Crawford |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | CF 567 |
| Original Dimensions: | 6.5 x 4.3 inches |
| Original photoprint loaned by Mrs. E.F. (?) Beach of Prairie du Chien. |
| Trees |
| Clothing and dress |
| Dresses |
| Hats |
| Children and adults |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Women |
| Barges |
| Boats and boating |
| Rivers |
| Shorelines |
| Clamming |
| Shellfish gathering |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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