Clammers on Town Creek - Early 1900s

"Clammers on Town Creek" - Early 1900s

10.5"x21.5"

This painting was inspired by an early 1900s black and white 3 ½" x 6" Duke University Archives photograph found in Jack Dudley’s book, Beaufort-An Album of Memories.

The area and view is what ones sees today looking north from the Grayden Paul Bridge - the east bank to your right is the area just north of Town Creek Marina and the NC Maritime Museum’s Gallants Channel Annex.

Close-up from Print

The low-tide clammers make it obvious that this part of Gallants Channel and Town Creek were not quite the same in the early 1900s.

In his book, Dudley writes, “At the turn of the century hand raking was the only means of harvesting clams, and though it was fun for recreational clammers it was very labor intensive for commercial clammers. Yet a rake and container were all that were needed. Harvests of three to ten bushels a day were considered a bountiful catch. Clamming was a livelihood for many during the early 1900s, especially during the Great Depression.”

Signed and Dated 10.5" x 21.5" Giclee Print $115.
(Available from the artist, Tidewater Gallery in Swansboro and Handscape Gallery in Beaufort - only 7 left.)