File:FMIB 47838 Shells of Specimens of Cultivated Oysters from Plant Beds of Maj F S Parker, Situated at Mouth of Fowl River, Mississippi Sound.jpeg

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Author	Homer P. Ritter  (1855–1919)     Alternative names Homer Ritter Description American surveyor Date of birth/death 4 March 1855  21 April 1919  Location of birth/death Cleveland Washington, D.C. Authority file : Q20855569 VIAF: 45830741 LCCN: n87884213 WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q20855569
Description	English: Shells of Specimens of Cultivated Oysters from Plant Beds of Maj. F. S. Parker, Situated at Mouth of Fowl River, Mississippi Sound, Alabama Length of oyster: right-hand specimen 5 3/4 inches; width, 4 inches/ thickness, 2 inches. Caught in December, 1894 Subject: Oysters Tag: Shellfish
Date	1896.00
Collection	University of Washington    Native name University of Washington Location Seattle, Washington, United States of America Coordinates 47° 39′ 15″ N, 122° 18′ 29″ W   Established 1861 Website www.washington.edu Authority file : Q219563 VIAF: 265500071 ISNI: 0000000122986657 ULAN: 500308857 LCCN: n79054596 NLA: 35573202 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location	English: Freshwater and Marine Image Bank
Accession number	39160 47838
Source/Photographer	English: Ritter, Homer P. (1896) Report of a Reconnaissance of the Oyster Beds of Mobile Bay and Mississippi Sound, Alabama, Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, vol.15, 1895, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
Permission (Reusing this file)	Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This is a photograph from the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank at the University of Washington. Materials in the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank are in the public domain. No copyright permissions are needed. Acknowledgement of the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank as a source for borrowed images is requested.

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