Delta Museum and Archives ➔ [Crew on the bay picking oysters]

Item
Identifier:
2022_11_01_002
Repository
Repository Web Site
https://deltaheritagesociety.ca/
Repository Identifier
1994-006-022
Date
1940s;Estimated dates
Extent
1 photograph print : b&w ; 9.0 x 6.4 cm.
Format
still image
Description
This photograph depicts eleven men standing in a line on the mud flats of Boundary Bay during low tide holding oysters. The men are employees of the BC Packers oyster operation based in East Delta.
Location
British Columbia;New Westminster Land District;Metro Vancouver Regional District;Delta
Rights Statement
In copyright
Subject Headings - SACDA
South Asian Canadian men;South Asian Canadian oyster farm workers
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Oysters [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096377];Oyster industry [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88001947];Oyster fisheries [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096371]