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Arrival and unloading of a Turtle Boat, c. 1935
Piles of turtles on their backs on a boat and on dock. Caption: "The only cannery 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." -
Turtle Crawls, Key West Florida, c. 1965
A woman in a bathing suit holds down a turtle. Label on back: "Turtle Crawls, Key West Florida. It isn't easy to ride a Giant turtle, as this picture shows. These turtles are being taken from the Turtle Crawls and will soon be served as a delicacy in the form of Green Turtle Steaks or Green Turtle Soup at most of the Florida Key Restaurants." -
Turtle Crawls, Key West, Fla., c. 1955
Crowd of people watch a large turtle being slid up a wooden ramp from a pen in the water. Caption on back: "Crawls for hundreds of giant turtles are interesting attractions. Some of these weigh almost 300 pounds." Turtle crawls, or kraals, were large saltwater holding pens, which were open for tourists to view in the 1950s. -
Turtle Catch, 1938
Dead turtles on pier. Label: Turtle catch, some weighing over 300 lbs., Key West, Fla.
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Turning Green Turtles on a Florida Beach, 1937
Men killing turtles on the beach. Label at bottom: Scene on Biscayne Key near Miami.
"C.T. Art-Colortone" Made only by Curt Teich & Co., Chicago. -
Turtles and Sponges in Florida, c. 1914
Several men and boys stand on a pier surrounded by dead turtles and a pile of sponges.
"Florida Souvenir" Postmarked 16 Feb 1914, St. Petersburg, one cent stamp -
Gathering Turtle Eggs, Florida, 1911
Man excavating turtle eggs.
Postmarked 3 Jan 1921, St. Petersburg, one cent stamp. Florida Artistic Series, C. T. American Art series. -
Ross Witham with baby turtle, c. 1962
Photograph published in Gilbert's Bar House Of Refuge - Home Of History by Sandra Henderson Thurlow and Deanna Wintercorn Thurlow (p. 72) with the caption "Ross Witham's life changed one day in 1956 when he was walking on the beach south of the House of Refuge as therapy for a knee injury sustained during WWII. He came across a baby loggerhead turtle entangled in seaweed. The incident inspired a career in marine biology with particular emphasis on sea turtles. This photograph taken by Ed Glucker in the early 1960s, shows Ross with a turtle hatched from an egg incubated at the House of Refuge Museum."
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Sea turtle on the beach, c. 1960
Caption on correspondence side reads "See this unusual phenomena of nature -- giant sea turtles weighing up to 600 lbs. laying eggs in the sand on the beaches -- May thru August -- at Hutchinson Island, Jensen Beach, Florida -- East Coast resort and fishing area. / Turtle Watcher's Club sponsored by the Jensen Beach Chamber of Commerce. / Photo by Stuart News"Tags Turtles -
Child with sea turtle, 1960
Child kneels in the sand next to a sea turtle laying eggs on a beach.