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Keywords: Seacoast industry

Historical Items

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Item 50893

Sardine boats at Seacoast Canning Co., Lubec, ca. 1930, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Item 6125

Ryan-Parker Construction, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Deer Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 28354

Sardine boats, Lubec, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Online Exhibits

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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 Pages

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"Salmon industry Salmon pens off Swan's Island, ca. 1990Swan's Island Historical Society Swan’s Island was home to an Atlantic salmon farm and…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"… sanitation supplies, and partnered with the Maine Seacoast Mission. Using its boat Sunbeam, the Mission “aids the (Maine coastal or island) town or…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… form of transportation was supplied by the Maine Seacoast Mission, an organization founded in 1905 to help Down East island communities."