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Keywords: Herring
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Item 35153
Title: Herring weir herring transfer, Lubec, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society
Date: circa 1935
Location: Lubec
Media: Unbordered photograph
Item 35141
Title: Herring weir, Lubec, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society
Date: circa 1935
Location: Lubec
Media: Unbordered photograph
Item 35139
Title: Herring weir, Lubec, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society
Date: circa 1935
Location: Lubec
Media: Unbordered photograph
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Herring and sardines, small herring, were once an important part of the Maine economy. Smoked or salted herring provided an important food source before refrigeration and sardine canning was equally prominent along the Maine coast.
Exhibit
Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.
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A history of the easternmost town in Maine as created by the Lubec Historical Society, Lubec Consolidated School, Lubec Landmarks, and Lubec Memorial Library. Exhibits include the sardine and herring industries, the Sardine Queen, the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, the 1911 Centennial Celebration, the S. S. Cumberland Steamer, the gold hoax, an important community quilt, a tragic boating accident, and the blizzard of 1934, among others.