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Historical Items

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Item 12766

Women workers at Farnsworth Fish Cannery, Brooklin, 1920

Contributed by: Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society Date: 1920 Location: Brooklin Media: Photo transparency

Item 12767

Women employees, Farnsworth Fish Cannery, Brooklin

Contributed by: An individual through Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society Date: 1920 Location: Brooklin Media: Photo transparency

Item 12756

Herrick and Allen's Fish Cannery, Brooklin, 1927

Contributed by: Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society Date: 1927 Location: Brooklin Media: Photo transparency

Online Exhibits

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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.

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A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915

After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.

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Laboring in Maine

Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.

Site Pages

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Cheese Factory

"This factory had been organized by local farmers, and the farmers named the factory the Sandy River Cheese Company."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"Fishing Medicinal fish oil factory on Johnson Island, Swan's Island, ca. 1910Swan's Island Historical Society By the 1800s fishing became more…"

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Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"Was everyone working in fishing or fish processing? S: Yes, in the factories, and at the can plant … and then, when they couldn’t do that, that’s why…"