Category:Fresh-water mussels and mussel industries of the United States (1919)

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Media in category "Fresh-water mussels and mussel industries of the United States (1919)"

The following 74 files are in this category, out of 74 total.

Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries (1917) (19824878294).jpg 1,210 × 2,963; 494 KB
Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries (1917) (20447533615).jpg 3,898 × 2,480; 1.46 MB
Ebonyshell Reginaia ebenus formerly Quadrula ebenus.jpeg 1,036 × 1,103; 252 KB
FMIB 38252 Quadrula ebenus (Lea) from Mississippi River Upper and Middle; Hickory-nut, Obovaria elipis (Lea) from Mississippi River Lower.jpeg 1,197 × 1,727; 381 KB
FMIB 38254 Three-ridge, Quadrula undulata (Barnes), from James River, S Dak, upper pair; Blue-point, Quadrula picata (Say), from Illinois.jpeg 1,232 × 1,859; 392 KB
FMIB 38255 Pimple-back, Quadrula pustulata (Lea) a; Purple pimple-back, Quadrula granifera (Lea), from Mississippi River, b & c; Three.jpeg 1,259 × 1,899; 520 KB
FMIB 38256 Pink heel-splitter, Lampsilis alata (Say), from Mississippi River, Upper left and middle right; White heel-splitter, Symphynota.jpeg 1,227 × 1,895; 393 KB
FMIB 38257 Long solid, Quadrula subrotunda (Lea), from Cumberland River.jpeg 1,011 × 1,555; 222 KB
FMIB 38258 Ohio River pig-toe, Quadrula obliqua (Lamarck), from Ohio River Upper Pair; Pig-toe, Quadrula undata (Barnes) from Illinois.jpeg 1,197 × 1,916; 426 KB
FMIB 38259 Bullhead, Pleurobema aesopus (Green) from Wabash River, top; Dromedary mussel, Dromus dromas (Lea), from Cumberland River.jpeg 1,161 × 1,824; 386 KB
FMIB 38260 Bank-climber, Quadrula trapezoides (Lea), from White River, Ark, upper and middle; Pig-toe, Quadrula pyramidata (Lea), from.jpeg 1,113 × 1,740; 326 KB
FMIB 38261 Mucket, Lampsilis ligamentina (Lamarck), upper and middle; Rainbow-shell, Lampsilis iris (Lea), from Tippecanoe River, Ind, at.jpeg 1,165 × 1,722; 275 KB
FMIB 38262 Lape Pepin mucket, Lampsilis luteola (Lamarck), male, upper left; Lake Pepin mucket, Lampsilis luteola (Lamarck), female, upper.jpeg 1,241 × 1,873; 470 KB
FMIB 38263 Lake Pepin mucket, female Lampsilis luteola (Lamarck).jpeg 998 × 543; 93 KB
FMIB 38264 Purply, Lampsilis purpurata (Lamarck), from Kiamichi River, Ikla, Upper pair; Lampsilis multiradiola (Lea), from Stone River.jpeg 1,148 × 1,837; 344 KB
FMIB 38265 Common river mucket Lampsilis ligamentina (Lamarck).jpeg 1,148 × 680; 125 KB
FMIB 38267 Pimple-back, Quadrula pustulosa (Lea), from Mississippi River, illustrating diversity of this species in form and sculpture.jpeg 1,148 × 1,877; 479 KB
FMIB 38268 Quadrula ebenus (Lea) from Mississippi River Upper Pair; Quadrula solida (Lea) from Mississippi River Lower pair.jpeg 1,113 × 1,947; 407 KB
FMIB 38269 Washboard, Quadrula heros (Say), from Mississippi River, upper and middle; Buckhorn, Tritogonia tuberculata (Barnes) from.jpeg 1,117 × 1,903; 405 KB
FMIB 38270 Quadrula cocinea (Conrad), from Fox River, upper pair; Wabash pig-toe, Quadrula rubiginosa (Lea), from Cedar Creek, Ind At bottom.jpeg 1,087 × 1,873; 372 KB
FMIB 38271 Kidney-shell, Ptychobranchus phaseolus (Hildreth), from Obey River, Ky, upper pair; Rock pocketbook, Arcidens confragosus (Say.jpeg 1,170 × 1,673; 372 KB
FMIB 38272 Grandma, Lampsilis ovata (Say), from Cumberland River, upper; Pocketbook, Lampsilis capax (Green), from Mississippi River, lower.jpeg 1,113 × 1,594; 311 KB
FMIB 38274 Lake Pepin mucket, Lampsilis luteola (Lamarck), upper; Yellow sand-shell, Lampsilis anodontoides (Lea), middle; Pocketbook.jpeg 1,130 × 1,819; 333 KB
FMIB 38275 Southern mucket, Lampsilis ligamentina gibba Simpson, from Black River, Ark, upper pair; Higgin's eye, Lampsilis higginsii (Lea.jpeg 1,201 × 1,890; 379 KB
FMIB 38277 Yellow sand-shell Lampsilis anodontoides (Lea).jpeg 1,143 × 539; 84 KB
FMIB 38279 Sorting room, in which skillful operators classify buttons into 12 grades.jpeg 1,161 × 959; 280 KB
FMIB 38281 Crushing plant where waste shell and defective blanks are converted into chicken feed and other useful products.jpeg 1,259 × 1,166; 304 KB
FMIB 38282 Mussel boats on Rock River Pool at Government locks, a few miles above the mouth of the river The mussels are taken by hand.jpeg 1,047 × 636; 183 KB
FMIB 38283 Churn used in polishing buttons.jpeg 429 × 658; 47 KB
FMIB 38284 Floater, Anodonta grandis (Say), from James River, SDak, upper and middle; River pearl mussel, Margaritana margaritifera.jpeg 1,051 × 1,745; 265 KB
FMIB 38285 Belt grinders, where blanks are brought to uniform thickness.jpeg 1,139 × 914; 309 KB
FMIB 38286 Churns, with buttons receiving polish by the use of acid and steam Note the funnels from which acid solution drips into the.jpeg 1,095 × 923; 303 KB
FMIB 38287 Shaker in which the buttons receive the final polish.jpeg 601 × 385; 45 KB
FMIB 38288 Finished buttons of several sizes and patterns.jpeg 817 × 627; 113 KB
FMIB 38289 Barges loaded with shells and two shellers' house-boats, in Arkansas.jpeg 857 × 548; 208 KB
FMIB 38290 Two shell tongs (at left) and two shoulder rakes (at right) Note drift boards attached to handles of rakes.jpeg 609 × 680; 157 KB
FMIB 38291 Tubular saws of different sizes, saw and spun fitted into the chuck, and shell from which blanks have been cut.jpeg 888 × 645; 112 KB
FMIB 38292 Buyer's power boat with barges of shells.jpeg 1,859 × 808; 413 KB
FMIB 38293 Illustrating reasonably careful practice in cutting In endeavoring to cut too closely the shell in lower right-hand corner the.jpeg 1,250 × 1,921; 516 KB
FMIB 38294 Finishing room, where the blanks are converted into buttons by automatic facing and drilling machines.jpeg 1,126 × 954; 331 KB
FMIB 38295 Dip net and forkw with shore equipment.jpeg 915 × 653; 196 KB
FMIB 38296 Shore outfit, consisting of cooker (at left), sorting table (center), and shells ready for sale.jpeg 1,029 × 711; 303 KB
FMIB 38297 Blank classifiers for separation of blanks according to thickness.jpeg 1,113 × 914; 302 KB
FMIB 38298 Cutting room, where blanks are cut from the raw shells.jpeg 1,131 × 927; 308 KB
FMIB 38299 Modern automatic machine for shaping and drilling buttons.jpeg 883 × 1,073; 289 KB
FMIB 38300 Squaw-foot edentulus (Say), upper pair; Paper-shwll, Anodonta imbecillis (Say), lower pair.jpeg 1,077 × 1,762; 238 KB
FMIB 38301 Original foot-power lathe employed by Mr Boepple in the inauguration of the fresh-water pearl-button industry.jpeg 918 × 813; 165 KB
FMIB 38302 Dip Net Used in taking fresh-water mussels.jpeg 879 × 919; 202 KB
FMIB 38303 Receiving shells at boat landing.jpeg 976 × 645; 177 KB
FMIB 38304 Dredge resting on gunwales of two boats forming the catamaran from which it is operated.jpeg 1,174 × 843; 237 KB
FMIB 38305 Novelties made from portions of fresh-water mussel shell.jpeg 1,099 × 1,841; 429 KB
FMIB 38306 Taking mussels with the shell tongs.jpeg 393 × 319; 29 KB
FMIB 38307 Tumbnler employed for buffing blanks or buttons.jpeg 649 × 672; 79 KB
FMIB 38308 Barge with long crowfood bars, employed on the Ohio River Note rollers set on ends of bars to facilitate movement over the bottom.jpeg 1,121 × 799; 256 KB
FMIB 38309 Illustrating theoretically correct use of shell for small blanks.jpeg 1,289 × 804; 217 KB
FMIB 38310 Bar and crowfoot outfit for taking mussels, consisting of john boat, two bars with crowfoot hooks, and the 'mule' (Lying on.jpeg 1,051 × 715; 248 KB
FMIB 38311 Sorting table and heap of shells on river bank.jpeg 887 × 552; 159 KB
FMIB 38312 Small cutting plant and operatives on Mississippi River.jpeg 1,121 × 936; 333 KB
FMIB 38313 Dredge ready to be lowered into the water, Black River, Ark.jpeg 1,143 × 782; 253 KB
FMIB 38314 Blanks of various sizes and thicknesses as cut from the shell and before submission to the nes&qubacking' process.jpeg 919 × 570; 117 KB
FMIB 38315 Illustrating economical use of shells of various sizes.jpeg 1,254 × 959; 262 KB
FMIB 38316 Illustrating wasteful cutting practiced in earliest stages of fresh-water pearl-button manufacturing industry.jpeg 1,007 × 1,519; 372 KB
FMIB 38317 Paper-shell, anodonta suborbiculata (Say), upper; Spectacle-case, Margaritana monodonta (Say), from Mississippi River, lower.jpeg 1,086 × 1,811; 349 KB
FMIB 38318 Illustrating careful, methodical cutting.jpeg 1,271 × 963; 270 KB
FMIB 38319 Poor cutting due to want of care or lack of experience Note poor spacing, overlapping of blanks, and exposed margins of shell.jpeg 1,245 × 971; 302 KB
FMIB 38320 Belt grinder employed to remove the backs from blanks and bring them to desired thickness.jpeg 1,055 × 791; 129 KB
FMIB 38321 Lowering the crowfoot bar into the water, Ohio River.jpeg 1,161 × 839; 207 KB
FMIB 38322 Shell tones or scissors fork The 'mule' (in foreground) is not used with tongs, but in connection with crowfoot bars (in.jpeg 393 × 609; 67 KB
FMIB 38323 Elephant's ear, Unio crassidens (Lamarck), from Mississippi River, upper pair; Spike, Unio gibbosus (Barnes), from Mississippi.jpeg 1,130 × 1,850; 385 KB
FMIB 38324 Cutting machine of simple type.jpeg 548 × 517; 52 KB
FMIB 47821 Monkey-face, Quadrula melanevra (Rafinesque),a; maple-leaf, Quadrula lachrymosa (Lea), b; maple-leaf, Quadrula fragosa (Conrad.jpeg 1,171 × 1,833; 493 KB
FMIB 47822 Yellow sand-shell, Lampsilis anodontoides (Lea), from Mississippi River.jpeg 1,055 × 1,864; 387 KB
FMIB 47823 Mussels when taken are put into a small flatboat and conveyed to the dam, where they are transferred to another boat above the.jpeg 1,033 × 623; 213 KB
Spike, Unio gibbosus (Barnes) (=Eurynia dilatata) , from Mississippi (cropped).jpeg 1,046 × 906; 203 KB

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