Keywords: Booth Fisheries
Item 60517
Sardine Factory B, Lubec, ca. 1915, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard
Item 7722
Former Vanderbilt yacht, Eastport, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Eastport Media: Photoprint
Exhibit
Maine's ample woods historically provided numerous game animals and birds for hunters seeking food, fur, or hides. The promotion of hunting as tourism and concerns about conservation toward the end of the nineteenth century changed the nature of hunting in Maine.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
"… • New Lubec Memorial Library building completed • Connors Brothers plant (former Booth Fisheries Factory B) closes – last sardine plant in Lubec"
Site Page
"Peacock Canning Company and Booth Fisheries. Connor Brothers, the last of Lubec’s factories, closed its doors in September of 2001."
