Contributed by Lubec Historical Society
Description
These workers are skinning and boning smoked herring in preparation for packingin August, 1989. McCurdy’s was the last commercial herring smokehouse in the United States, and would close in 1991. Note the actual smokehouse visible through the middle window.
About This Item
- Title: Skinning herring at McCurdy's, Lubec, 1989, 1989
- Creator: Alberto F. Mimo
- Creation Date: 1989
- Subject Date: 1989
- Location: Lubec, Washington County, ME
- Media: Color transparency
- Dimensions: 3.5 cm x 2.4 cm
- Local Code: 348 jpg
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Food industry--Maine--Lubec
- Herring industry--Maine--Lubec
- Smoked meat--Maine--Lubec
- Canned fish industry--Maine--Lubec
- Fish canneries--Maine--Lubec
- Women--Employment--Maine
- Employees
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Lubec Historical Society135 Main Street, Lubec, ME 04652
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