Baltimore and the Oyster Industry Part 2
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Baltimore is the eighth city in the United States. It is located on Patapsco Bay, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. After New York it is the most important seaport on the Atlantic coast and is the gateway to the south.” Map of Chesapeake Bay area. “Baltimore has one hundred and twenty miles of water frontage.” Waterfront. “One of the docks for the Bay boats.” Buildings, traffic. “Baltimore Street is the most important avenue of the city.” Policeman directing automobile traffic. “A busy scene on Howard Street.” Pedestrian, automobile, truck traffic. “Eutaw Street is one of the oldest in Baltimore.” “The City Hall is the finest and most imposing of Baltimore’s buildings.” “The new Pennsylvania Union Station.” “Baltimore built the first railroad station in the United States for the B.&O. Railroad. The present Mount Royal Station.” “The Academy of Music and Baltimore College buildings.” “The fine court house.” “The Emerson and Kernan Hotels and the Maryland Theater.” “Baltimore’s factories and freight docks.” “The first monument erected to George Washington is in Baltimore.” Views of monument. “Battle monument in honor of the heroes of the Battle of North Point, 1814.” “Memorial monument to Lieutenant Colonel Watson of the Mexican war.” “The famous old Lexington Market.” “Fort McHenry, famous for the battle that inspired Francis Scott Key to compose the ‘Star Spangled Banner.’” Panorama and views inside ruins. “The oyster industry employs many boats and fishermen.” Boats at long dock. “The boats are unloaded at the docks.” Fishermen unloading baskets of oysters. “Oysters are hauled to the cannery.” Horse-drawn wagon outside cannery, piles of oyster shells. “Oysters are handled by hand labor.” Negro worker shoveling oysters from pile on dock into basket. “The choice oysters are kept by themselves.” Workers shoveling oysters into wheelbarrow, one wheeling it away. “Great quantities of oyster shells are sold for road building.” Pile of shells. “The oyster shucker removes several hundred oysters from their shells each day.” Worker holding oysters. “A broad bladed knife is used to open the shell.” Demonstration. “As a food the oyster has made thousands of friends.” Shucker holding oyster, removing it from shell, eating it. “The End.” “Ford Educational Library.” [1921]
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