Maine Memory Network

Landing sardines, Lubec, 1906, 1906

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1906 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Sardine recipe folder cover, Lubec, ca. 1946, ca. 1946

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1946 Location: Lubec Media: Ink on paper

Butler Manufacturing Buildings in various towns, Bangor, 1949-1951

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1949–1951 Location: Bangor Clients: Charles W. Tenbroeck; Butler Manufacturing Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Early Fish Canneries in Brooklin

By the 1900s, numerous fish canneries began operating in Center Harbor, located within the Brooklin community. For over thirty years, these plants were an important factor in the community.

Washington County Through Eastern's Eye

Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen Susie (Knight) Calder was born on Lead Mine Road, the oldest girl in a family of 12 children."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… the idea of canning small herring they called “sardines” to compete with real sardines from Europe."

How Belfast was the Chicken Capital of the Northeast
by Ralph Chavis

My memories of spending time in Belfast as a child when my father worked in the chicken industry.