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| Walter Budd | West Sayville, NY |
Walter Budd was a prominent figure among the men who worked the Great South Bay during the early-to-mid 20th century. Born in 1909, Budd started his career in West Sayville, Long Island, at the age of fifteen. Initially engaged in farming oysters, he, like his counterparts, had to adapt to the declining fertility of the bay's oyster beds by exploring alternative livelihoods or supplemental jobs. In the early 1940s, as the oyster industry waned, Walter Budd, like many others,… |
Long Island Maritime Museum | Baymen’s Oral History |