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Title: Smoke cloud, Saco, 1953

Contributed by: Dyer Library Archives / Saco Museum

Date: 1953-03-12

Location: Saco

Media: photograph

Title: Smoke Shop, Portland, ca. 1912

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Date: circa 1912

Location: Portland

Media: Photograph

Title: Smoke from fire, Baxter State Park, 1977

Contributed by: Baxter State Park

Date: 1977

Media: Photographic print, color

Address: 228-234 Franklin Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: David Wyer & Co.

Use: Smoke House

The Herring Catch

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.

Le Théâtre

Lewiston, Maine's second largest city, was long looked upon by many as a mill town with grimy smoke stacks, crowded tenements, low-paying jobs, sleazy clubs and little by way of refinement, except for Bates College. Yet, a noted Québec historian, Robert Rumilly, described it as "the French Athens of New England."

Laboring in Maine

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.