Killing turtles on the dock, Key West, Florida

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Material Information

Title:: Killing turtles on the dock, Key West, Florida
Creator:: May Hill Russell Library -- History Dept
Monroe County Public Library System
Place of Publication:: Portland, M.E.
Publisher:: Hugh C. Leighton Co.
Publication Date:: 1907/1929
Language:: English
Physical Description:: 1 postcard : color ; 9 x 14 cm.

Subjects / Keywords:: Turtles -- Pictorial works -- Florida -- Key West ( lcsh )
Turtle fisheries -- Pictorial works -- Florida -- Key West ( lcsh )
Stevedores -- Pictorial works -- Florida -- Key West ( lcsh )
Docks -- Pictorial works -- Florida -- Key West ( lcsh )
Pictorial works -- Key West (Fla.) ( lcsh )
Pictorial works -- Monroe County (Fla.) ( lcsh )
Monroe -- 12087 ( ceeus )
Genre:: picture ( marcgt )
Coordinates:: 24.555363 x -81.780035

Review:: Five turtles being killed by a dock worker. One turtle's shell is mostly removed. Turtle fishing was outlawed in 1970.
Original Location:: History Dept., May Hill Russell Library; 700 Fleming St., Key West, FL 33040.
General Note:: "15212"
General Note:: Photo taken between 1907 and 1929.