Clam skiffs on the mud flats at first light, low tide, a rake in every boat, the Bay Avenue houses in silhouette on the ridge

Clam skiffs at low tide

ca. 1908

Sandy Hook Bay mud flats off Bay Avenue (approx)

The morning economy of the borough, ca. 1908. A row of small clam skiffs pulled up on the mud at first light, a rake in each boat, the town's silhouetted houses on the ridge behind. This is the frame every family in Highlands over ninety would recognize.

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Title: Clam skiffs at low tide
Date: ca. 1908
Source: Placeholder — stand-in for the Highlands borough archive.
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Slug: town-of-its-own-clam-boats-dawn

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Clam skiffs at low tide (ca. 1908). Placeholder — stand-in for the Highlands borough archive. The Highlands History Project, https://history.abovethehook.com/archive/town-of-its-own-clam-boats-dawn/.