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Re: oyster canz #2
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Carl Barna <[log in to unmask]>
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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 2 Apr 2003 14:34:12 -0600
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Howdy --

In those cases where the oysters were shipped in barrels, what were they
packed in?  Sawdust ? Brine?

Were the barrels themselves packed in ice? (I'm assuming this was before
the advent of railroad ice-bunker reefer cars.)

Carl Barna
Regional Historian
BLM Colorado State Office

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