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• Manuel, the young shrimp-picker, five years old, and a mountain of child-labor oyster shells behind him. He worked last year. Understands not a word of English. Dunbar, Lopez, Dukate Company. Location: Biloxi, Mississippi. (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2012-08-30
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• Four-year-old Mary, who shucks two pots of oysters a day at Dunbar. Tends the baby when not working ... Location: Dunbar, Louisiana (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2012-08-30
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• Belgian women in oyster beds (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2012-12-21
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• Politics and the fatal "R" begin this week their deadly work upon the oyster (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1908-08-30 00:00:00
  • Date uploaded: 2009-07-10
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