South Jersey's Oyster Industry (Yesteryear Series #5)
Millville, NJ: South Jersey Magazine, 1999. Softcover. Oblong oversized in illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. 56 pp. Profusely illustrated with vintage photos. A rather scarce survey of the oyster harvesting industry of South Jersey, generally from 1903 forward. Thework tlles of oyster bed laeses in the Maurice River Cove i 1903, the oyster Experiment Station at Tuckerton (1904), leases in Ocean and Atlantic counties in 1912, etc. There is also an extensive listing fo vessels built in Cumberland County up to the year 1935 organized by place of construction. There is alos an extensive list of Oyster Bed Leases issued by the Bureau of Shell Fisheries in 1903. Fine. Item #E30026
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