Byline: Alex Dominguez Associated Press
In one corner, children playing the part of unskilled laborers shuck clay oysters from real shells. Upstairs, others working as printers make the labels that decorate cardboard cans for the seafood.
Meanwhile, in the front office, a child wearing the owner's top hat sits with his visored clerk and hands out the day's wages.
It's all part of a new hands-on museum exhibit at the Baltimore Museum of Industry where the hard life of an oyster shucker and the impact of the canning industry on Baltimore are brought to life.
"The Cannery" exhibit, which opened in mid-October, allows children to participate in …
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