Keywords: shooks
Item 27709
Herring boxes and shooks at McCurdy's, Lubec, 1998
Contributed by: Edward L. Hawes through Lubec Landmarks Date: 1998 Location: Lubec Media: Wood
Item 29343
Sawmill at Mill Stream, Blue Hill, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Blue Hill Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photograph on paper
Exhibit
Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town
Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.
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 - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4
"Herring boxes and shooks at McCurdy's, Lubec, 1998Lubec Landmarks Herring boxes: The photograph shows several items important for the sixth step of…"
Site Page
Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3
"… scale was Guilford Lumber Company, makers of box shooks (the sides of wooden boxes, popular in the days before corrugated boxes), doors, and…"
Story
The Joys of Kayaking - Pam's Story
by Pam Ferris-Olson
Pam has kayaked in many special places but her fondest memories are being made on Casco Bay
Story
Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves
West Point during World War II
