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Description
Companies along the Maine Coast began packing sardines in 1875. By 1899 Lubec alone packed 1,117,000 cases of 100 cans each, and exceeded 4 million cases during World War II as the nation‘s leader. One of the largest firms was founded by Robert J. Peacock This photograph shows an authentic Peacock tin-plated steel can with the label lithographed directly on the metal, later sealed without sardines as a “reproduction.” The prominent UPC barcode was adopted by the food industry in 1973, fixing the date of this label as that year or later. Note that by this period statutes required a listing of contents, in this example in “Descending Order of Predominance Maine Sardines, Soy Bean Oil, Salt.”
About This Item
- Title: Admiral brand sardine can, Lubec, ca. 1973
- Creator: Peacock Canning Co.
- Creation Date: circa 1973
- Subject Date: circa 1973
- Location: Lubec, Washington County, ME
- Media: Steel, tin
- Dimensions: 7.8 cm x 11.0 cm x 2.4 cm
- Local Code: 355 jpg
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Fish canneries--Maine--Lubec
- Canned fish industry--Maine--Lubec
- Sardines--Maine--Lubec
- Container industry--Maine--Lubec
- Cans
- R.J. Peacock Canning Company
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Lubec Historical Society135 Main Street, Lubec, ME 04652
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