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Description
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.
About This Item
- Title: Waterfront, Brooklin, ca. 1923
- Creator: Jane Hooper
- Creation Date: 1995
- Subject Date: circa 1923
- Location: Waterfront, Brooklin, Hancock County, ME
- Media: Photo transparency
- Local Code: Brooklin Fish Factories A
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Sardine fisheries--Maine--Brooklin
- Canneries--Maine--Brooklin
- Fishing industry--Maine
- Factories--Maine--Brooklin
- Industrial facilities--Maine--Brooklin
- Waterfronts--Maine--Brooklin
- Food canning industry--Maine--Brooklin
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Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical SocietyPO Box 171, Sedgwick, ME 04646
(207) 359-8086
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