Turtle Kraals, Key West, Florida

Turtle Kraals, Key West, Florida: © Key West Art & Historical Society
Turtle Kraals, Key West, Florida

© Key West Art & Historical Society

Name/Title

Turtle Kraals, Key West, Florida

Entry/Object ID

1987.01.0210

Description

Postcard depicting men and a woman watching turtles swimming in pens. The caption reads, ‘Turtle Crawls, Key West, Florida’. The description on the verso reads, 'The only cannery of green turtle soup in the United States is in Key West, and its products are exported all over the world wherever epicures congregate. The turtles, weighing 300 to 400 pounds are caught in South American waters and penned in "crawls" and they gaze with stoic calm at the strange people who come to look at them.'

Collection

Postcard Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in

Condition

Good