Oyster Collection (page 3)

Extinct fossil oyster, Ostraa pectiniformis, and Perna mytiloides.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A. Schmidts Petrefactenbuch, published in Stuttgart, Germany

Extinct fossil oyster, Ostraa cristagalli.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A. Schmidts Petrefactenbuch, published in Stuttgart, Germany, 1855 by Verlag von Krais & Hoffmann. Dr

Extinct fossil gastropods and oysters.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A. Schmidts Petrefactenbuch, published in Stuttgart, Germany, 1855 by Verlag von Krais & Hoffmann. Dr

Variety of seashells including oysters, file clams, smooth pectens and scarlet thorny oyster.. Handcolored engraving from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Oyster, Isognomon isognomum.. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, London

Wing oyster, Pteria hirundo.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany 1812

Oyster shucker of Le Havre in a low bonnet decorated with lace only to the ears.. Handcolored fashion plate illustration from Louis-Marie Lantes Costumes des femmes du Pays de Caux, 1827/1885

Oyster mushroom, Agaricus ostreatus.. Oyster mushroom, Agaricus ostreatus. Chromolithograph of an illustration by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke from A Plain and Easy Account of British Fungi

Telfairia pedata, oyster nut, queens nut, Zanzibar oil vine fruit in sections, seed, and embryo.. Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan

Women and dogs outside a shop, France
Women and dogs outside a shop in France. Date: circa 1910s

Piles of oyster shells, Hampton, Virginia, USA
Piles of oyster shells at Hampton, Virginia, USA, with boats in the foreground. Date: circa 1905

Westlake Boulevard, Seattle, Washington, USA
Westlake Boulevard and Hotel Wingfield (left), Seattle, Washington, USA. From a handcart on the left, a man is selling The Coming Nation, a socialist newspaper. Date: circa 1912

Spain - Biarritz - The Oyster Beds
Black and white slide showing a series of pools with hills in the background.. Slide number 3 in Box 148 entitled Spain Bull Fighting & Spanish Life. Date: circa 1890s

Oyster vendor
Fresh oysters! Penny a lot. Street oyster seller. From Old London Cries (1885) Date: 1885

Union Oyster House, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
The original Oyster House, Union Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, established in 1826, one of three famous Union Oyster House Restaurants in Boston. Date: circa 1940

Magnetic mine and counter moves by G. H. Davis
A battle of wits: the magnetic mine and the counter-moves, a battle of wits: new types of mines countered by the Navy. Naval experts versus the enemy

SCOTTs OYSTER BAR
Scotts Oyster Bar, in the West End of London. Date: 1930s

Scotts Oyster Bars
A group of waiters at Scotts Oyster Bar, West End, London. Date: 1930s

Spoof postcard on the Colchester Native Oyster Beds ! Date: circa 1910s

France - Arcachon - Oyster Gatherer
A wonderful postcard photograph of a woman Oyster Gatherer (Parqueuse) from Arcachon in the Gironde department in southwestern France

Scotts Restaurant in London - famed for its oysters and lobster, formerly with sawdust on the floor and a zinc bar. On the corner of Piccadilly and Shaftesbury Avenue. Date: circa early 1920s

Cancale, Brittany, France - The Oyster Beds
The departure of the Fishing Fleet from Cancale, a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Date: circa 1906

200, 000 bushels of Oyster Shells, Hampton, Virginia, USA - adjoining an oyster packing plant Date: 1914

Parqueuse or Oyster Gatherer, France
A Parqueuse or Oyster Gatherer from the Bassin d Arcachon in south-west France. Her shoes may lack Parisian chic but are eminently practical for traversing the mudflats. Date: circa 1910s

Gryphaea incurva, oyster
Fossil oyster also known as the Devils Toenail, specimen from the Lower Lias, Gloucestershire

Spondylus imperialis, imperial thorny oyster
A pair of imperial thorny oysters (Spondylus imperalis) This bivalve can be found in the waters surrounding the Philippines

On the dredge
Common dredge as descibed by Professor Edward Forbes. Anatomical Manipulation, Tulk and Henfrey 1843

Spondylus pictorum, painted thorny oyster
A pair of painted thorny oysters (Spondylus pictorum). This bivalve can be found offshore up to 50 metres in the Mediterranean and Red seas

Spondylus gaederopus, European thorny oyster
A pair European thorny oysters (Spondylus gaederopus). This thorny bivalve is distributed around northwest coasts of Africa

Chespecten jeffersonius, scallop
Specimen of the scallop (Chespecten jeffersonius), this shell originated from the Miocene era, some 23-7 million years ago. Maryland, USA

Gloripallium pallium, glory scallop
Detail of shell ribs on the glory scallop shell (Gloripallium pallium)

Spodylus americanus, thorny oyster
Watercolour of a thorny oyster on blue paper by Sarah Stone (c. 1760-1844) from the collection of Sir Ashton Lever

Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck, fossil oysters
About 190 million years old, found in the Lias clays and limestones of the Jurassic period. Commonly called Devils Toenails

Spomdylus imperialis, imperial thorny oyster

Gryphaea dilatata, devils toenail
This giant hooked oyster also known as a devils toenail originates from Sowerby, Upper Jurassic, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England

Ostrea sp. oyster with pearls
Oysters are bivalve molluscs found on the sea bed. Pearls, are smooth, spherical objects which can form inside their shells. They are considered valuable and are farmed and used to make jewellery

London Oyster Stall 1861
The first day of oysters in the streets of London - enthusiastic customers keep the traders busy opening shells Date: 1861

A summer conference at Oyster Bay. Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt speaking at a meeting of the Inter-State Weather Commission and the North, East, West, and South winds, Rain

A surprise party at Oyster Bay. Illustration shows a group of men making a surprise nighttime visit to Theodore Roosevelt, wearing pajamas, at Oyster Bay; Edward H

Why not settle it socially at Oyster Bay?. Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with a central image showing President Theodore Roosevelt sitting with Russian, Japanese

Little Teeny, one of the smallest oyster shuckers at Pass Christian, Miss. Did not know how old she was. Location: Pass Christian, Mississippi. Date 1911 February

Oyster Boats at Billingsgate Market, London, 1877
Engraving showing oyster boats (on right, with masts) and lighters, in the River Thames, outside Billingsgate Fish Market, London, 1877. Date: 26 May 1877

Oyster Shell and Pearls
Oyster shells and pearls. Date: 1988

De Hems restaurant, Soho
De Hems restaurant, oyster bar, saloon bar and grotto on Macclesfield Street, Soho, London. Date: 1947

Scout visit to Theodore Roosevelts Grave
An annual ceremonial visit of the American Boy Scouts to Theodore Roosevelts grave at Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Long Island, New York. 1934

Washing Oysters / Photo
OYSTER INDUSTRY - fishermen washing oysters Date: 1930

Boston Oyster House Room, Morrison Hotel, Chicago
The Boston Oyster House room in the Morrison Hotel, Chicago Date: 1920s

Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York
Sagamore Hill, residence of Colonel Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York

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