McNasby's Oyster Company

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Pearl Oyster Truck
Delivery truck owned and operated by McNasby Oyster Co. to ship and distribute oysters packed at the Eastport packing facility.... View Full Record
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William McNasby Sr.
Photograph of William McNasby Sr., founder of the McNasby Oyster Co. business. He is dressed formally and is standing among trees and vegetation.... View Full Record
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Mary Elizabeth McNasby
Depicts Mary Elizabeth McNasby (Brittener), wife of William McNasby Sr. and mother of William McNasby Jr. Born in Germany, she immigrated to Baltimore where she met and married William McNasby Sr.... View Full Record
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"Uncle Willie"
Man, seated, posing for a portrait. Presumably William McNasby Jr., as indicated on the reserve of the photograph.... View Full Record
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McNasby's from the Water
A view of McNasby's Oyster Co. on Second Street, taken from the water. A boat is docked and is unloading its catch.... View Full Record
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McNasby Oyster Shuckers
Interior of the McNasby Oyster Company. Depicts workers shucking oysters while standing in stalls. All of the workers clearly visible in the photograph are a reflection of the demographic makeup of the Eastport neighborhood of Annapolis. (Photogra... View Full Record
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Pearl McNasby
Pearl McNasby seated in a chair with her feet resting on another chair. A large flower bush blooms behind her. A date is stamped along the bottom of the photo, "Feb '56".... View Full Record
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Watermen on the Frozen Bay
Four watermen make their way through the creek by breaking apart the ice.... View Full Record
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McNasby's Staff and Family
Left to right: James F. Collison (McNasby's manager), Pearl McNasby (William McNasby's wife), Reita Collison (James F.'s wife), Kathryn Collison Mitchell (McNasby's bookkeeper & James F.'s daughter), Justus "Chuck" McNasby (William McNasby's brother)... View Full Record
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Shuckers Watch the "Anna & Helen" Arrive
Shuckers watch from the end of Second Street as the skipjack dredge boat, "Anna & Helen", arrives. Circa 1952. McNasby's hired both black and white employees, men and women alike, when many businesses would not hire black workers. All shuckers pi... View Full Record
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Worker Loading Shells
A worker uses a lift to load shells into the back of a truck behind McNasby's. ... View Full Record
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Gravesite
A photograph of two markers. The marker on the left reads "Pearl M. McNasby" and 1888-1959. The marker on the right reads "William J. McNasby" with no dates beneath the name. Presumably, this marker is for her husband, who at the time of the photogra... View Full Record
License, Occupational
2021.1.010
Food Processing Plant License
Issued by the State of Maryland, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of Food Protection and Consumer Health Services at 6 St.Paul St, Baltimore, MD. Serial Number 12124. Granted to McNasby's Oyster Co/Eastport LLC at 723 Second Street,... View Full Record
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Oysters on the Half Shell - Wide Photo
Wide angle image of the Oysters on the Half Shell permanent exhibition that opened to the public in 2008.... View Full Record