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Rock Point: 1936
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 09/02/2012 - 10:16am.
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September 1936. "Washing oysters. Rock Point, Maryland." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
Beautiful
Submitted by DaveinPhilly on Mon, 09/10/2012 - 5:25pm.
That's a fine and beautiful portrait.
Rock Point
Submitted by Azor McDole on Mon, 09/03/2012 - 11:45am.
This is the Rock Point in Charles County, about 10 miles down the Potomac from the 301 bridge, not the Rock Point in Anne Arundel County. Rock Point was a major player in the Chesapeake oyster business in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
That man...
Submitted by Otis R. Needleman on Sun, 09/02/2012 - 8:02pm.
...looks just like my brother Bill!
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