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Clams for supper, Cousins Island, ca. 1920

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Clams for supper, Cousins Island, ca. 1920
MMN Item 65086 Zoom

Description

A young girl sits in front of a cottage next to a basket of clams dug up on Cousins Island. Clamming was both a pastime and means of self-sufficiency for island residents.

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