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

"Mustard or oil was added, depending on the size of the herring. Then came the step of sealing the cans in another section of the cannery, “bathing”…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"During this time the smoked herring business prospered as well, with some sardine canneries even operating herring smokehouses. American Can…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… site to hunt seal and porpoises for skins and oil, as well as to gather sea fowl eggs, sweet grass, clams and lobsters. As Dr."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"The nation turned to coal, iron, and oil. Maine’s decreased role in the national trend toward industrial growth would later become an attraction when…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Shea, who received 25 barrels of cottonseed oil which he sold to local sardine packers. Freight haulers also benefited greatly from the new steamer…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… the latest lamp using “modern” proprietary fuel oil shone brighter than ever. And that lens is still there."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"… "...we’d take a big potato and put it in a coffee can, you know how coffee used to come about that high in the cans? We’d put it on the stove and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"… went right to the counter and except for what few canned goods there was on the side towards the road you had to ask for everything you wanted."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"… stores carried just about anything needed: canned goods, "rat cheese," a favorite of islanders, meat and produce, flour, candy, and household…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"… the hall stood out tall against the horizon, as can be seen from the photograph at the left. Ladies Aid meeting, Swan's Island, ca."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… and the current boat, Captain Henry Lee, can carry up to seventeen vehicles and makes multiple daily trips year round."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"Today it can be kept at a distance; a ferry distance. The Islanders at Play Exhibit represents this "simplicity of free time" used by our ancestors…"

Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"… followed, as did a woodworking mill and a linseed oil factory. Sheppard's PointHubbard Free Library Sheppard's Point was the location of many…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… 1 barrel of molasses 1 cask of raisins 1 cask of oil 1 bundle of bed springs 54 1/2 of shingles 15in 73 feet of boards 17 barrels of pot ashes 1…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"X Bangor House Joseph F. Hatch,1883 Oil on canvas Collections of Bangor Historical Society Maine's grand city hotel is said to have always served…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"1836 Charles Codman (c. 1800-1842) Oil on canvas Collections of Maine Historical Society; gift of Gertrude A."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"We shared a generator with Wingate Lathe Oil and they came up. We shared it with one more family. The folks from Wingate would bring the generator up…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… of the ceiling from a suspended kerosene oil lamp. The building was soon ablaze and in spite of great efforts but very few goods were saved."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… Wing brought the first tar truck to the island to oil the roads. Governor Brann Ferry, Islesboro, ca."

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