# @mdhistory on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CbuwgWmOLgM
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11419654-mdhistory-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/5a1341890d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-03-30T14:02:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Maryland Center for History and Culture (MCHC) (@mdhistory) — https://gondola.cc/mdhistory

## Caption

#OnThisDay in 1868, over 40 years of mayhem and murderous competition during oyster harvests in the Chesapeake Bay resulted in the authorization of the Maryland Oyster Police. 

A brief history of the conflicts generated by our favorite bivalve can be found in a richly illustrated article by Lara Westwood, “Maryland on a Half Shell,” published in an archive edition of the “Maryland Historical Magazine” (issue 112.2, Fall/Winter 2017). Find a link to the article in our bio.
 
Images:

Stereoview of Chesapeake Bay Oyster Boat by Underwood & Underwood, published by Keystone View Company, c.1912. Maryland Center for History and Culture, H. Furlong Baldwin Library, Stereoview Photograph Collection, PP1.18.2

“Oysters in Half Shell,” still life oil on canvas by Andrew John Henry Way (1826–1888), 1863. Maryland Center for History and Culture, Bequest of Caroline S. Orem, 1964.3.30

#MarylandHistory #MDHistory #Oysters #OysterWars #MarylandOysters #ChesapeakeOysters #MaritimeHistory #ChesapeakeBay #OTD

## Stats

- **Views:** 0
- **Likes:** 49
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 0

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Maryland Center for History and Culture (MCHC) | @mdhistory | https://gondola.cc/mdhistory | Social Media Intern |
| Jasmine Mendez-Paredes | @jmendezp7 | https://gondola.cc/jmendezp7 | Social Media Intern |

## Tags

oysters, marylandoysters, chesapeakeoysters, mdhistory, marylandhistory, oysterwars, onthisday, chesapeakebay, otd, maritimehistory

---
Copyright (c) Gondola