Keywords: Sardine canning
Item 31989
Sardine carrier, Lubec, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print
Item 36099
Medallion brand sardine can, Lubec, ca. 1960
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Lubec Media: Aluminum
Exhibit
Maine's corn canning industry, as illuminated by the career of George S. Jewett, prospered between 1850 and 1950.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor
"… the idea of canning small herring they called “sardines” to compete with real sardines from Europe."
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen
"Peacock Canning Company. The following interview with Susie Calder was conducted by Jennifer Multhopp in January, 2009 With images provided by Susie…"
Story
How Belfast was the Chicken Capital of the Northeast
by Ralph Chavis
My memories of spending time in Belfast as a child when my father worked in the chicken industry.
