The mussels would be opened in boiling water, the flesh was removed and used as fish bait or animal feed and occasionally a beautiful and valuable pearl would be found inside. The shells would be cleaned, sorted, and sold to a shell buyer for the button industry. | Creator: Tom Jones | Date: 1906 | Source: Norbert Brown Collection, Knox County Public LibraryDownload Original File
Creator
Tom Jones
Source
Norbert Brown Collection, Knox County Public Library
