The Talbot Historical Society thanks Dan Cox for messaging us this picture from “Growing up Tilghman.” Dan messaged this explanation of the picture from Buddy Harrison, “1977 – The freeze up had lasted over a month. These guys went up Harris Creek and cut a hole in the ice to drop the scrape in – then cut a track to drag it along the bottom – then cut another larger hole to pull it back up and get the oysters. They would put the oysters in baskets and then put them in the skiff and take them to shore. Then go back and start over.”
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Gary Saluti says
I was told by someone who was there that the roof of the car was removed so that the men could scramble out easier in the event that it fell through the ice. It was not originally a convertible.