Maine Memory Network

Construction of Factory B, Lubec Sardine Company, Lubec, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Sardine Canning Company, Lubec, ca. 1900, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Lubec Media: Photograph on cardboard mat

Early Fish Canneries in Brooklin

By the 1900s, numerous fish canneries began operating in Center Harbor, located within the Brooklin community. For over thirty years, these plants were an important factor in the community.

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 - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"It was a necessity. Union Sardine Company, Lubec, ca. 1945Lubec Memorial Library J: When you stopped working in the ‘50s, did you stop because…"

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

"Sardine can labels, Lubec, 1909 Lubec Historical Society Every canning company had to have an identity for marketing."