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Oyster Barge going after oysters in Mobile Bay.  Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Oyster Barge going after oysters in Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Ba...

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Little Nettie [?], a regular oyster-shucker in Alabama Canning Co. She speaks no English. Note the condition of her shoes, caused by standing on the rough shells so much, a common sight.  Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Little Nettie [?], a regular oyster-shucker in Alabama Canning Co. She...

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Millie (about seven yrs. old) and Mary John (with the baby) eight years old. Both shuck oysters at the Alabama Canning Co. This is Mary's second year. She said, "I shucks six pots if I don't got the baby; two pots if I got him." (Many of the little ones, too young to work all the time, tend the baby when not working.) Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Millie (about seven yrs. old) and Mary John (with the baby) eight year...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2001. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Alfred and Willie, two young oyster fishers in Mobile Bay. A few, but not many of these youngsters are found on the oyster boats. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Alfred and Willie, two young oyster fishers in Mobile Bay. A few, but ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1995. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

The Skipper on the Oyster Barge, Mobile Bay.  Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

The Skipper on the Oyster Barge, Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Batre...

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Housing conditions in the settlement of workers in Alabama Canning Co. Two families to a house, but they are separated. Housing conditions fairly good. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Housing conditions in the settlement of workers in Alabama Canning Co....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1996. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Shucking oysters in the Alabama Canning Company (Dunbar Lopez, Dukate Co.) Small boy on left end is Mike Murphy, ten years old, and from Baltimore. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Shucking oysters in the Alabama Canning Company (Dunbar Lopez, Dukate ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1985. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Oyster-shuckers working in Alabama Canning Company. From 7 years upward.  Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Oyster-shuckers working in Alabama Canning Company. From 7 years upwar...

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Oyster-shuckers working in Alabama Canning Company. From 7 years upward. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Oyster-shuckers working in Alabama Canning Company. From 7 years upwar...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1991. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Mike Murphy, a young oyster-shucker, ten years old. Alabama Canning Co. From Baltimore. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Mike Murphy, a young oyster-shucker, ten years old. Alabama Canning Co...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1993. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Housing conditions in the settlement of workers in Alabama Canning Co. Two families to a house, but they are separated. Housing conditions fairly good.  Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Housing conditions in the settlement of workers in Alabama Canning Co....

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Small boy on the floor is Johnnie Schraker, 8 years old, earns 45 cents a day, been at it three years. Note how they stand on the rough, sharp shells. Alabama Canning Co. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Small boy on the floor is Johnnie Schraker, 8 years old, earns 45 cent...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1987. No text recorded after final comma on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collect... More

Alfred and Willie, two young oyster fishers in Mobile Bay. A few, but not many of these youngsters are found on the oyster boats.  Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Alfred and Willie, two young oyster fishers in Mobile Bay. A few, but ...

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Oyster Barge going after oysters in Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Oyster Barge going after oysters in Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Bat...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1608. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Oyster barge starting for the reef, Mobile Bay.  Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Oyster barge starting for the reef, Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Ba...

Photo shows the Wyandotte of New Orleans with a small boat trailing behind, and three crew members. Identified as the working boat of Raymond Barbour Sr. (Source: T. Taylor and W. Barbour Jemison, August, 2015)

Annie Puchs[?], eleven years old. Been shucking four years. Picked berries in Delaware last summer. Said she'd rather pick than shuck. Does housework too. She is in factory photos taken that morning.  Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Annie Puchs[?], eleven years old. Been shucking four years. Picked ber...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Skipper on the Oyster Barge, Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

The Skipper on the Oyster Barge, Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Batre,...

Identified as Raymond Barbour Sr. (1870-1954) on the boat Wyandotte (Source: T. Taylor and W. Barbour Jemison, August, 2015) Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Misc... More

Canning Factory of the Alabama Canning Co.,.  Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Canning Factory of the Alabama Canning Co.,. Location: Bayou La Batre...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Group of oyster-shuckers working in Alabama Canning Co. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Group of oyster-shuckers working in Alabama Canning Co. Location: Bayo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1992. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Little Nettie ?, a regular oyster-shucker in Alabama Canning Co. She speaks no English. Note the condition of her shoes, caused by standing on the rough shells so much, a common sight. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Little Nettie ?, a regular oyster-shucker in Alabama Canning Co. She s...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1988. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Mike Murphy, a young oyster-shucker, ten years old. Alabama Canning Co. From Baltimore.  Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Mike Murphy, a young oyster-shucker, ten years old. Alabama Canning Co...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Canning Factory of the Alabama Canning Co. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Canning Factory of the Alabama Canning Co. Location: Bayou La Batre, A...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1607. No text recorded after final comma. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of ... More

Small boy on the floor is Johnnie Schraker, 8 years old, earns 45 cents a day, been at it three years. Note how they stand on the rough, sharp shells. Alabama Canning Co.,.  Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Small boy on the floor is Johnnie Schraker, 8 years old, earns 45 cent...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oyster barge starting for the reef, Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Oyster barge starting for the reef, Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Bat...

Photo shows the Wyandotte of New Orleans with a small boat trailing behind, and three crew members. Identified as the working boat of Raymond Barbour Sr. (Source: T. Taylor and W. Barbour Jemison, August, 2015)... More

Millie (about seven yrs. old) and Mary John (with the baby) eight years old. Both shuck oysters at the Alabama Canning Co. This is Mary's second year. She said, "I shucks six pots if I don't got the baby; two pots if I got him." (Many of the little ones, too young to work all the time, tend the baby when not working.)  Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Millie (about seven yrs. old) and Mary John (with the baby) eight year...

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Fred, a young oyster fisher; working on an oyster boat in Mobile Bay, the Reef, near Bayou La Batre, said he was fourteen, but not likely.  Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Fred, a young oyster fisher; working on an oyster boat in Mobile Bay, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Group of oyster-shuckers working in Alabama Canning Co.  Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Group of oyster-shuckers working in Alabama Canning Co. Location: Bay...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Annie Puchs?, eleven years old. Been shucking four years. Picked berries in Delaware last summer. Said she'd rather pick than shuck. Does housework too. She is in factory photos taken that morning. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Annie Puchs?, eleven years old. Been shucking four years. Picked berri...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2005. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Shucking oysters in the Alabama Canning Company (Dunbar Lopez, Dukate Co.) Small boy on left end is Mike Murphy, ten years old, and from Baltimore.  Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama.

Shucking oysters in the Alabama Canning Company (Dunbar Lopez, Dukate ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of street life, food vendor, city market, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fred, a young oyster fisher; working on an oyster boat in Mobile Bay, the Reef, near Bayou La Batre, said he was fourteen, but not likely. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Fred, a young oyster fisher; working on an oyster boat in Mobile Bay, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1968. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Alabama's Coastal Connection - Shrimp Boats in Bayou La Batre

Alabama's Coastal Connection - Shrimp Boats in Bayou La Batre

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Bayou La Batre provides safe harbor for the boats of its shrimping industry as well as coastal birds, such as the pelican that rests on ... More

[Hurricane Katrina] Bayou La Batre, Mobile County, Al, 9-9-05 -- All hurricane Katrina left of this home is pieces of wood and household things and even these things are guarded by residents with weapons.  Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by Hurricane Katrina and need water, ice, food, housing, and jobs.  Ross Bennett/FEMA photo

[Hurricane Katrina] Bayou La Batre, Mobile County, Al, 9-9-05 -- All h...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

[Hurricane Katrina] Bayou La Batre, Mobile County, Al, 9-9-05 -- Cathy Sprinkle packs her car with items from her home.  Hundreds of thousands of people have damaged homes and have been displaced by Hurricane Katrina.  MARVIN NAUMAN/FEMA photo

[Hurricane Katrina] Bayou La Batre, Mobile County, Al, 9-9-05 -- Cathy...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Bayou La Batre, Ala. , July 30, 2008 -- Attendees at the ribbon-cutting ceremony tour the first home built.  The home was funded by the Alternative Housing Pilot Program.  FEMA/Danon Lucas

Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Bayou La Batre, Ala. , July 30, 2008 -- Att...

The original database describes this as: Title: Home funded by the Alternative Housing Pilot Program in AL Production Date: 07/30/2008 Caption: Bayou La Batre, Ala. , July 30, 2008 -- Attendees at the ribbon... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats

Bayou La Batre, Alabama, is a fishing village with a seafood-processin...

The local Chamber of Commerce has described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobi... More

Deepwater Horizon oil spill response activities

Deepwater Horizon oil spill response activities

A line of shrimping boats acting as Vessels of Opportunity (VOOs) return to the port of Bayou La Batre after a shift change, Saturday, June 12, 2010. The VOO program was implemented to provide local boat operat... More

Deepwater Horizon oil spill response

Deepwater Horizon oil spill response

BM1 April Rex, a Coast Guard reservist out of Station Port Allerton, helps deploy an oil skimmer during a training exercise aboard a converted commercial shrimping vessel, June 27. Rex and other reservists are ... More

Deepwater Horizon oil spill response

Deepwater Horizon oil spill response

BM3 Gary Guido, a Coast Guard reservist out of Station Fort Macon, hooks a line to an oil skimmer during a training exercise aboard a converted commercial shrimping vessel, June 27. Guido and other reservists a... More

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

Oil spill response, US Coast Guard Photo

BM3 Gary Guido (2nd L), BM1 April Rex (2nd R), and MK2 John Palmer (far right) work with a civilian boat crew to deploy an oil skimmer during a training exercise aboard a converted commercial shrimping vessel, ... More

Fighting the oil spill - A group of people sitting around a table

Fighting the oil spill - A group of people sitting around a table

Bayou La Batre, Ala. - Vice Adm. Regina Benjamin visits a local sea food restaurant here July 14, 2010 to have lunch and relax with staff and friends who work at Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic, which she es... More

US COAST GUARD Relaxing lunch

US COAST GUARD Relaxing lunch

Bayou La Batre, Ala. - Vice Adm. Regina Benjamin visits a local sea food restaurant here July 14, 2010 to have lunch and relax with staff and friends who work at Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic, which she es... More

US COAST GUARD Panel Discussion

US COAST GUARD Panel Discussion

Bayou La Batre, Ala. - Vice Adm. Regina Benjamin speaks to members of the print and broadcast media July 14, 2010 here after meeting with citizens from a local church to ask how they are coping with the effects... More

Fighting oil spill, US Coast Guard Photo

Fighting oil spill, US Coast Guard Photo

Bayou La Batre, Ala. - Vice Adm. Regina Benjamin takes time out to pose for a photograph with workers and friends at the Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic here July 14, 2010. Deepwater Horizon is the largest o... More

Cleanup, US Coast Guard Photo

Cleanup, US Coast Guard Photo

MOBILE -- Pollution response crews clean up an unknown petroleum product spill in Bayou La Batre, Ala., Friday, Aug. 6, 2010. The crews, normally engaged in Deepwater Horizon response efforts, were able to quic... More

Oil debris removal near Bayou La Batre

Oil debris removal near Bayou La Batre

COFFEE ISLAND, Ala. - Two workers remove approximately 25 feet of boom from the marsh grass in support of the Deepwater Horizon Response on Coffee Island in Bayou La Batre, Sept. 10, 2010. Crews frequently trav... More

Air-boat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

Air-boat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala.- Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Thomas, a reserve member from Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville, Fla., holds a small crab found in the sand on Coffee Island during a beach assessment patrol i... More

Air-boat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

Air-boat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala.- Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Thomas, a reserve member from Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville, Fla., brings several large plastic bags and a roll of tape to a clean-up worker on an air-boat... More

Oil debris removal near Bayou La Batre

Oil debris removal near Bayou La Batre

COFFEE ISLAND, Ala. - Contracted workers load bags of excess boom from the beaches onto an airboat, Sept. 10, 2010. Crews frequently travel by airboat into the marsh grass searching for oiled debris along the A... More

Air-boat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

Air-boat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala.- Justin Tillman, a contracted clean-up worker from Irvington, Ala., waits for clean-up workers in an air-boat on Coffee Island during a beach assessment patrol in support of the Deepwater H... More

Air boat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

Air boat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

COFFEE ISLAND, Ala. - Deepwater Horizon response cleanup crews walk up to the beach to collect sorbent boom, Sept. 10, 2010. Response airboats used in shallow Alabama waters in support of the Deepwater Horizon ... More

Air-boat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

Air-boat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala.-Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Thomas, a reserve member from Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville, Fla., observes as a clean-up worker picks up oiled-debris found on Coffee Island during a beach... More

Air-boat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

Air-boat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. - Kurt Tillman, from Irvington, Ala., pilots an air-boat near the marshes on Coffee Island in support of the Deepwater Horizon Response, Sept. 10, 2010. Response air-boats in Alabama used ... More

Air-boat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

Air-boat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala.- Randy Tillman, a contracted clean-up worker from Irvington, Ala., combs the beach looking for oiled debris in support of the Deepwater Horizon Response on Coffee Island, Sept. 10, 2010. V... More

Airboat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

Airboat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala.--A clean-up worker carries a bag of oiled debris and strands of snare sentinel boom found on Coffee Island during a beach assessment patrol in support of the Deepwater Horizon Response here... More

Airboat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

Airboat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala.--A contracted clean-up worker from Mobile, Ala., searches for oiled debris in the marsh grass on Coffee Island during a beach assessment patrol in support of the Deepwater Horizon Response ... More

Airboat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

Airboat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala.--Chris Perry, a contracted clean-up worker from Mobile, Ala., searches for oiled debris and strands of snare sentinel boom in the marsh grass on Coffee Island during a beach assessment patr... More

Airboat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

Airboat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala.--Kurt Tillman, a contracted clean-up worker from Irvington, Ala., seals a bag of oiled debris found near Coffee Island during a beach assessment patrol in support of the Deepwater Horizon R... More

Airboat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

Airboat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala.--Casey Bosarge (left), from Mobile, Ala., and James Ziesel, from New Orleans, contracted clean-up workers, push an airboat back into the water carrying bags of oily debris found in the mars... More

Responder Joseph Portare, Bayou La Batre cleanup operations

Responder Joseph Portare, Bayou La Batre cleanup operations

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala.--Joseph Portare is a contracted clean-up worker from Mobile, Ala., searching for oiled debris in the marsh grass on Coffee Island during beach assessment patrols in support of the Deepwater... More

Airboat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

Airboat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala.--Casey Bosarge, a contracted clean-up worker from Mobile, Ala., finds a large piece of oiled debris near the marsh on Coffee Island during a beach assessment patrol in support of the Deepwa... More

Airboat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

Airboat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala.--Kurt Tillman, a contracted clean-up worker from Irvington, Ala., waits for clean-up workers on an airboat near Coffee Island during a beach assessment patrol in support of the Deepwater Ho... More

Airboat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

Airboat operations in Bayou La Batre, Ala.

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala.--Mark Weaver, a contracted clean-up worker from Mobile, Ala., carries a bag of oiled debris and strands of snare sentinel boom found on Coffee Island during a beach assessment patrol in sup... More

A group of boats docked in a harbor. Bayou la batre alabama ships.

A group of boats docked in a harbor. Bayou la batre alabama ships.

A group of boats docked in a harbor / A group of boats sitting on top of a body of water public domain stock photo.

A group of boats are docked at a dock. Bayou la batre alabama bay, work.

A group of boats are docked at a dock. Bayou la batre alabama bay, wor...

A bunch of boats are docked in a harbor / A group of boats are docked in a body of water / Public domain stock photo of a ship.

A group of boats docked in a harbor. Bayou la batre alabama bay, work.

A group of boats docked in a harbor. Bayou la batre alabama bay, work.

A group of boats docked in a harbor / A large red boat docked next to a large red boat / Public domain stock photo of a ship.

Unloading oysters on the dock. Alabama Canning Co. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Unloading oysters on the dock. Alabama Canning Co. Location: Bayou La ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1994. No text recorded after final comma on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collect... More

Group of oyster-shuckers all working in Alabama Canning Co., from seven years upward. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Group of oyster-shuckers all working in Alabama Canning Co., from seve...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1990. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Little Julia tending the baby at home. All the older ones are at the factory. She shucks also. Alabama Canning Co. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Little Julia tending the baby at home. All the older ones are at the f...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2003. No text recorded after final comma on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collect... More

The Skipper on the oyster barge, Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

The Skipper on the oyster barge, Mobile Bay. Location: Bayou La Batre,...

Identified as Raymond Barbour Sr. (1870-1954) on the boat Wyandotte (Source: T. Taylor and W. Barbour Jemison, August, 2015) Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Misc... More

Mike Murphy, ten years old. Annie Healy, seven years old. Ross Healy, ten years old, and been at it two years. From Baltimore. Regular shuckers in Alabama Canning Co. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Mike Murphy, ten years old. Annie Healy, seven years old. Ross Healy, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1989. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

On right-hand end is Marie ---, eight years old, who shucks 6 or 7 pots of oysters a day (30 or 35 cents) at a canning company. At left end of photo is Johnnie ---, eight years old, who earns 45 cents a day. Been shucking for three years. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

On right-hand end is Marie ---, eight years old, who shucks 6 or 7 pot...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1986. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Group of oyster-shuckers all working in Alabama Canning Co., from seven years upward. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Group of oyster-shuckers all working in Alabama Canning Co., from seve...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 1990. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Div... More

Little Julia tending the baby at home. All the older ones are at the factory. She shucks also. Alabama Canning Co. Location: Bayou La Batre, Alabama

Little Julia tending the baby at home. All the older ones are at the f...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Canneries. Hine no. 2003. No text recorded after final comma on caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collect... More

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