Published by
Keystone View Company, American, 1892 - 1972
Subject of
Unidentified Man or Men
Date
ca. 1900
Medium
silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper on card mount
Dimensions
H x W (image): 3 1/8 × 6 in. (8 × 15.3 cm)
H x W (sheet): 3 7/16 × 6 3/4 in. (8.8 × 17.2 cm)
Description
This stereograph card depicts a group of men on a dock skinning sharks. The stereograph card consists of two similar images side by side, with the images in the center of the card. At either end of the card is vertical script. On the left side margin is script that reads "Keystone View Company/ copyrighted/ Manufacturers/ Made in U.S.A/ Publishers." On the right side margin is script that reads "Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y., / Chicago, Ill., London, England." Along the bottom right margin is text that reads "26803 "Skinning the Sharks"- a Phase of Florida's/ Fish Industry, Key West." There is text on the back.
Place depicted
Key West, Monroe County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Type
stereographs
Topic
American South
Labor
Photography
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2015.248.4.12
Restrictions & Rights
Public domain
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd530e68346-a3ca-4d33-8dbd-53b3c69a1ec3

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