Waterfront, Brooklin
Contributed by Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society
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W. A. Ramsdell bought the Farnsworth cannery in 1923 and retained most of the workers. Women were usually packers, while men performed jobs involving hard labor.
Other Information
- Title: Waterfront, Brooklin
- Creator: Hooper, Jane
- Creation Date: 1995
- Subject Date: circa 1923
- Local Name: Waterfront
- Town: Brooklin
- County: Hancock
- State: ME
- Media: 35mm phototransparency of original postcard
- Local Code: Brooklin Fish Factories A
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society
PO Box 171, Sedgwick, ME 04646
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Waterfronts--Maine--Brooklin
Food canning industry--Maine--Brooklin
Factories--Maine--Brooklin
Industrial facilities--Maine--Brooklin
Canneries--Maine--Brooklin
Fishing industry--Maine
Sardine fisheries--Maine--Brooklin
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