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Chesapeake Bay Engravings Collection

MSA SC 3914
Dates	1862-1891
Medium	Original
Restrictions	No restrictions
Storage	00/66/07/85; 00/66/07/85
Description
Illustrations from Harper's Weekly and Frank Leslies' of Chesapeake Bay scenes including oyster dredging, oyster wars, shucking, a waterspout in storm, Baltimore harbor, Fort McHenry, Federal Hill, hunting terrapins, President Benjamin Harrison duck hunting, decoys, duck blinds, shipwreck of the steamer Express. Scenes include African Americans and integration.

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Series 1: Illustrations

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