Capturing Green Turtles on a Florida Key

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Material Information

Title:: Capturing Green Turtles on a Florida Key
Creator:: Romer, Gleason Waite
May Hill Russell Library -- History Dept
Monroe County Public Library System
Place of Publication:: Chicago
Publisher:: Curteich
Publication Date:: 1937
Language:: English
Physical Description:: 1 postcard : color ; 9 x 14 cm.

Subjects / Keywords:: Turtles -- Pictorial works -- Florida -- Monroe County ( lcsh )
Turtle fisheries -- Pictorial works -- Florida -- Key West ( lcsh )
Pictorial works -- Monroe County (Fla.) ( lcsh )
Genre:: picture ( marcgt )

Scope and Content:: Workers capturing turtles. On the back reads "The Green Turtle (Chelonia mybes) living in the warm water surrounding the Florida Keys, is widely renowned as an article of food and no trip to Florida is complete without eating a delicious green turtle steak". Turtle fishing was outlawed in 1970. Photo by G. W. Romer.
Original Location:: History Dept., May Hill Russell Library; 700 Fleming St., Key West, FL 33040.
General Note:: "M-83"
General Note:: "7A-H278"
General Note:: "Gulf Stream Card and Distributing Co., Miami, Fla."