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PRESS RELEASE<br>
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:<br>
February 8,
2018
Teresa Izzo<br>
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508-896-3867 ext. 137<br>
tizzo@ccmnh.org<br>
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The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents<br>
Digging Into the Past<br>
<i>“The History of Wellfleet’s Sealshipt Oyster System”<br>
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</i>BREWSTER, MA The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster
presents <i>“The History of Wellfleet’s Sealshipt Oyster System”
</i><b>Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 1pm.<br>
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Since its founding in 1951, the Wellfleet Historical Society &
Museum has been actively collecting and preserving reminders of
Wellfleet’s rich and varied history. Commercial oystering has been a key
component of Wellfleet’s economy and WHSM researchers working on the
<i>Wellfleet’s Railroad </i>exhibit noted that the railroad was carrying
fresh, locally produced and shucked Sealshipt oysters across the country
in a time before mechanical refrigeration. Sealshipt combined heavy
branding, advanced packaging technology and a consumer advertising
campaign that promised unparalleled purity, in an attempt to create an
oyster monopoly.<br>
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Dwight Estey, Wellfleet Historical Society President, volunteer archivist
Dave Drabkin and David Wright, author of <i>The Famous Beds of
Wellfleet,</i> have assembled the story of the Sealshipt Oyster System; a
vertically integrated corporation that saw a golden marketing opportunity
within the nation’s fears about food safety. The story combines aspects
of Wellfleet’s iconic oyster industry with elements of advanced
technology, entrepreneurial spirit and Gilded Age predatory business
practices and arson, to form a very interesting narrative.<br>
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<b>Free with Museum Admission<br>
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<b> </b>For more information please call the Museum at 508-896-3867
ext. 133.<br>
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Teresa Izzo<br>
Program Coordinator<br>
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History<br>
869 Main St./Rte. 6A<br>
Brewster, MA 02631<br>
508-896-3867 x137<br>
508-896-8844 - fax</body>
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