Name/Title
Arrival and Unloading of a Turtle Boat, Key West, FloridaEntry/Object ID
1988.04.0005aDescription
Postcard depicting men moving large turtles from a boat to a pier. The caption reads, ‘Arrival and unloading of a turtle boat, 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.'Subject Place
City
Key WestState/Province
FloridaCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaCounty
MonroeCollection
Postcard CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PostcardNomenclature Sub-Class
Writing MediaNomenclature Class
Written Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication