| Teitl / Title | Oysterage at Tal-y-Foel, general views.
Gathering oysters by hand; bouquets stacked on racks in the sea; wire cages [young oysters were eventually stripped off the collecting tiles and bouquets and put into wire cages to protect them from enemies]; small wooden rack construction; bouquets on staggered [wooden] rack construction, much [? Seaweed, algae] on racks; bouquets secured to and suspended from wooden poles, some bouquets partially submerged; wire cages with the wire cover rolled back to show the oysters; close-up view of oysters with measure indicator to demonstrate size; enclosure constructed from [wooden] poles surrounded by [wire or mesh], oysters within enclosure, seen at low tide; oyster pool containing [? adult] oysters; newly planted oyster [frame], [frame submerged] in sand, [wire or mesh] cover rolled back to reveal oysters, cover secured in place by [? wire or wooden] poles which hook through [loops] secured to the cover; oyster [trays], each one wrapped in a [ wire or mesh] cover, covered trays are then stacked together on racks]and secured; stacks of oyster trays [on racks], trays are constructed of a frame in-filled with [? mesh or wire].
[38 photographs including some duplicates. Negatives attached to some prints, prints vary in size and clarity, and some contain biro lines.
Dates and descriptions on dorse of some prints.] |