Keywords: FMIB 38854 Glimpse of the Mussel Business at Leclaire, Iowa, where the mussels are bought from the fishermen, cleaned, and the shells sent.jpeg check categories 16 August 2015 2 Glimpse of the Mussel Business at Leclaire Iowa where the mussels are bought from the fishermen cleaned and the shells sent by rail and water to button factories In the pile shown there are 350 tons of shells Subject Shell industry and trade Leclaire Iowa Mussel fisheries Pearl button industry Geographic Subject United States--Iowa--Leclaire Tag Shellfish 1899 Cite book Mussel Fishery and Pearl-Button Industry of the Mississippi River Smith Hugh M Washington DC Government Printing Office 1899 Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission vol 18 1898 Plate 71-1 Creator Hugh McCormick Smith PD-UWASH-FMIB Institution University of Washington FMIB-source accession number 38854 Images from the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank to check Hugh McCormick Smith Mussel culture |