Maine Memory Network

Herring drying at McCurdy's Smokehouse, Lubec, ca. 1964

Contributed by: Jacob B. Pike through Lubec Landmarks Date: circa 1964 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Herring drying, 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917-01-16 Media: Photographic print

Laboring in Maine

Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.

Lincoln County through the Eastern Eye

The Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography collections include nearly 50,000 glass plate negatives of images for "real photo" postcards produced by the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast. This exhibit features postcards from Lincoln County.

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"Draining and drying the herring on carts Frank Van Riper, photo X Step five: Inside the smokehouse The actual smoking operations were complex…"

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

"The sardines canned there were really little herring, the same fish that provided the basis of the other mainstay fishery industry in the area…"