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Historical Items

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Item 35574

Seiner boat, Lubec, August 1989

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1989 Location: Lubec Media: Color transparency

Item 78539

Fish weir, Lubec, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 78538

Fish weir, Lubec, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

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.

Site Pages

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"He worked on the island as a mackerel seiner and was the captain of several schooners. Mackerel fishing declined in the late 1800s, and Smith may…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"The first steam powered seiner, the Novelty, was commissioned in 1882, and was one of the largest vessels in the fishing fleet."