Turtle fishing

Permanent Link:

http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/MM00005585/00001

Material Information

Title:

Turtle fishing

Creator:

May Hill Russell Library -- History Dept
Monroe County Public Library System

Publication Date:

1900/1909

Physical Description:

11 photographs : b&w ; 4 x 4 in.

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:

Sea turtles -- Photographs -- Florida -- Key West ( lcsh )
Turtle fisheries -- Photographs -- Florida -- Key West ( lcsh )
Photographs -- Key West (Fla.) ( lcsh )
Photographs -- Monroe County (Fla.) ( lcsh )

Genre:

picture ( marcgt )

Coordinates:

24.56175 x -81.8005833

Notes

Scope and Content:

A series of photos showing how the Green Turtle is caught and shipped to the Turtle Kraals in Key West. The sea turtle industry began in Key West in the mid-19th century and continued into the early 1970s when diminished sea turtle populations forced its closure. Courtesy of the Key West Art & Historical Society.

Original Location:

History Dept., May Hill Russell Library; 700 Fleming St., Key West, FL 33040.

Original Location:

Photo taken between 1900and 1909

Record Information

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Rights Management:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/

Resource Identifier:

000000506 ( ALEPH )
AAA9175 QF ( NOTIS )
MM00005585

dpSobek Membership

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