Fish Cannery workers, Brooklin, ca. 1910
Contributed by Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society
Item 12750
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Workers at one of the early fish canneries located on Center Harbor in Brooklin, about 1910. Note the predominance of women in this workforce.
Third from the right in the second row is Celestia Seavey Bridges.
Other Information
- Title: Fish Cannery workers, Brooklin, ca. 1910
- Creator: Hooper, Jane
- Creation Date: 1995
- Subject Date: circa 1910
- Town: Brooklin
- County: Hancock
- State: ME
- Media: 35mm phototransparency of original photograph
- Local Code: Brooklin Fish Factories 22/6
- Collection: Private
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society
PO Box 171, Sedgwick, ME 04646
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LC Subject Headings
Group portraits
Factories--Maine--Brooklin
Women--Clothing & dress--Dresses
People--Women--Rural Women
Women--Employment
Industrial facilities--Maine--Brooklin
Canned food industry--Maine--Brooklin
Stevens Sardine Cannery (Brooklin, Me.)--Employees--Photographs
Canneries--Maine--Brooklin
Sardine fisheries--Maine--Brooklin
Other Keywords
Industrial Facilities
canneries
factories
fashion circa 1900
fishing
industry
maritime industry
sardine
working women
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