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Men and boys digging clams, Provincetown, Mass., undated

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GUSN

GUSN-191185

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Description

The full-color postcard shows men and boys digging for clams. There is a large pile of clams and full baskets as well. Behind the workers is a marsh and the waterline.

Details

Descriptive Terms

laborers
men (male humans)
boys
postcards
photographs

Physical Description

1 postcard

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1915-01-13

Reference Code

PC001.03.01.TMP.038

Places

Provincetown (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Advocate (Provincetown, Mass.) (Publisher)

Material Type

postcards
photographs

Subjects

Clamming
Clams

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg. 10.

Description Level

Item

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