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History of Eastern Shore Laboratory

Standard File
ESL boat ramp 1990's
Old Davis Shucking Houses next to ESL boat basin - 2000
Storm tide around Seawater Lab
Overlooking ESL boat basin and old Davis Shucking Houses, mid-1990's
Looking over what is now the ESL boat basin, 1963
Wet Lab in the 1960s, later the ESL's Administrative building, demolished in 2021
Dr. Mark Luckenbach, second Director of the VIMS Eastern Shore Laboratory, on a field trip
New Seawater Lab, circa 2012
New Seaside Hall, circa 2012
Aerial image of ribbed mussel plots 1940's
Excerpt from 1943 Report of Virginia Fisheries Laboratory
VIMS ESL Field trip late 1960's
Working on an oyster reef late 1960's or early 1970's
Dr. Mike Castagna with teachers group in old wet lab, 1969
ESL shellfish hatchery work, 1960's
ESL Staff, 1963
ESL shellfish hatchery work, 1960's
ESL shellfish hatchery work, 1960's
Dr. Mike Castagna tends to aquaculture tables, 1969
Dr. Mike Castagna spawning clams late 1960's/early 1970's
ESL shellfish cages in the 1960's
First ESL building
Hatchery greenhouse early 1990's
Hatchery late 1990's
Hatchery late 1990's
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Standard File
ESL boat ramp 1990's
Old Davis Shucking Houses next to ESL boat basin - 2000
Storm tide around Seawater Lab
Overlooking ESL boat basin and old Davis Shucking Houses, mid-1990's
Looking over what is now the ESL boat basin, 1963
Wet Lab in the 1960s, later the ESL's Administrative building, demolished in 2021
Dr. Mark Luckenbach, second Director of the VIMS Eastern Shore Laboratory, on a field trip
New Seawater Lab, circa 2012
New Seaside Hall, circa 2012
Aerial image of ribbed mussel plots 1940's
Excerpt from 1943 Report of Virginia Fisheries Laboratory
VIMS ESL Field trip late 1960's
Working on an oyster reef late 1960's or early 1970's
Dr. Mike Castagna with teachers group in old wet lab, 1969
ESL shellfish hatchery work, 1960's
ESL Staff, 1963
ESL shellfish hatchery work, 1960's
ESL shellfish hatchery work, 1960's
Dr. Mike Castagna tends to aquaculture tables, 1969
Dr. Mike Castagna spawning clams late 1960's/early 1970's
ESL shellfish cages in the 1960's
First ESL building
Hatchery greenhouse early 1990's
Hatchery late 1990's
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