Keywords: Sardine houses
Item 60537
Sardine houses, North Lubec, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print
Item 64089
Residences including “sardine houses,” Lubec, ca. 1950, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print
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.
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
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
"Toft, John D., “Some Historical Data on the Maine Sardine Industry”, Maine Sardine Industry History."
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.
