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Photographs of scenes from the real world in which Katherine Paterson's Jacob Have I Loved is set, taken in the 1930s and 1940s mostly around the Chesapeake Bay by photographers working for the U.S. government. The images are available from the America From the Great Depression to World War II, 1935-1945 Photograph collection.

Stromberg Twins	Rock Point, Maryland	School youngsters
Oysterman with dredge	Working an oyster bed	Boy with oyster rake
Oyster shucker	Oyster tonger	Tonging and culling oysters
Crabber	Sorting cooked crabs for shipping	Shucking oysters