Capt. Ed Bagnell (Millie Bagnell)
Crab Pots at Shore
Robbie Johnson
Ben and Jacob Johnson Clamming c.mid-1990s (Lisa Johnson)
Ben Johnson dredging oysters (Michael Kestner-Suffolk Sun)
Jorge Gonzales, left, and Ben Johnson dredge up oysters on the Nansemond River. March - 2006
Bleakhorn Oyster Can
BRENDA CAROL
Bunkley's Dock
Bunkleys Dock with buyboat Dora & other Eclipse piers (Thomas Hazelwood)
Bunkley's Store
Buy Boat
Buyboat Chesapeake in James River (Tim Matthews)
Captain Lip Johnson
Chesapeake with load of oysters
Copy of Old Suffolk Oyster Company Ad
Crab Pots Waiting to Work
Deckboat DORA loaded with shad poles (Alease Hazelwood)
Deckboat DORA with Bert Hazelwood Jr on bow c.1950s (Elizabeth Hazelwood Jamerson)
Delphine Oyster Dredger
Diggs
Dixon Oyster Company c.1930s (Norman Parker)
DORA Oyster Dredger
Eclipse Shoreline
Oyster Boat Heading Home (Robert Burnell)
Culling Oysters (Robert Burnell)
Minimum legal size of “market oysters” smaller oysters are culled out and sent overboard.
Tonging Oysters on the Chuckatuck Creek (Robert Burnell)
Tonging Oysters (Robert Burnell)
The shafts on oyster tongs can be 12’ to 20’ in length.
Watermen on the Chuckatuck Tonging Oysters (Robert Burnell)
Working the oyster ground at sunrise (Robert Burnell)
Flatties offloading oyster catch onto the Chesapeake
Hoecake Cove in snow - end of Thomas Hazelwood's pier (Les Ward)
Johnson's Getting ready for crabbing
JS Madre Jr
Lois — Thomas Hazelwood & Robbie Johnson's 1st boat for clam dredging - early 1980s
Mariners Cove and Lisa Dawn tied up at Red Oyster House (John Sheely)
Miles Oyster Watch House (Karla Smith)
Old Suffolk Oyster Company Fleet
Crab operation at Bleakhorn Creek (Connie Andrews)
Crabpots at Bleakhorn Creek (Connie Andrews)
Bleakhorn Creek (Connie Andrews)
Johnson Deckhands (Lisa Johnson)
Scrub Down (Lisa Johnson)
Jacob and Ben Johnson help wash down the workboat Lisa Dawn
Waterman's family (Lisa Johnson)
The Supervisors (Lisa Johnson)
The Johnsons and Hazelwoods supervise the haulout of the deckboat Lois.
Working on the Lois (Lisa Johnson)
Scraping and painting is semi-annual project.
The One that did not get away. (Lisa Johnson)
Crabbing at a young age... (Lisa Johnson)
Johnson Boys lend a hand. (Lisa Johnson)
Joe Hicks pulling Shad Net (Karla Smith)
Off loading Oysters (Karla Smith)
Robbie Johnson and Thomas Hazelwood off load their catch.
Sun rise on the Nansemond (Michael Kestner/The Virginian Pilot)
Oysters to Market (Michael Kestner - Virginian Pilot) 2006
Robbie Johnson, left and Jorge Gonzales reach for a bushel of oysters from Ben Johnson.
Mary T (Michael Kestner)
Oystermen aboard the Mary T heat out near the mouth of the Nansemond. GE plant is in the background.
Shad Poles (Karla Smith)
Tim Matthews Shad Fishing
Tim Matthews with Shad (Tim Matthews Collection)