8 year old shucks 6 or 7 pots of oysters a day at a canning company.

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On right-hand end is Marie ---, eight years old, who shucks 6 or 7 pots of oysters a day (30 or 35 cents) at a canning company. At left end of photo is Johnnie ---, eight years old, who earns 45 cents a day. Been shucking for three years

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Location: US
Photo credit: © The Protected Art Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: cannery, canning, child, children, housing, labor, oysters, packing, pickers, shrimp, shuckers