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Category: Economics, Industry, Canning & processing

Historical Items

These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.


Item 16834

Can of sweet corn, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Location: Portland Media: Metal

Item 16949

Frederick Jones, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Portland; Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 16951

John Winslow Jones, Portland, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 27117

Can sealing, Lubec, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Lubec Media: Photograph on cardboard

Item 27118

Sardine factory, North Lubec, ca. 1900, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Lubec Media: Photograph on cardboard

Item 27119

Seacoast Canning Company, Lubec, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1920-11-01 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 27120

Seacoast Canning Company, Lubec, 1920, 1920

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1920-11-01 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 27770

Eastport, Holmes Packing Corp., 1975

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1975 Location: Eastport Media: Photographic print

Item 34113

Packing watchstraps, Lubec, ca. 1988

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1988 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 37246

American Can plant demolition, Lubec, 1992, 1992

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1992 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 68437

Peacock Canning Company, Lubec, 1975, 1975

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1975 Location: Lubec Media: Kodachrome slide

Item 68439

Seashore buildings on Water Street, Lubec, 1975, 1975

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1975 Location: Lubec Media: Kodachrome slide

Item 73423

Johnson's Island, Swan's Island, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Item 75464

Puss N Boots cat food plant, Lubec, 1975, 1975

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1975 Location: Lubec Media: Kodachrome slide

Item 76185

American Can Company factory, Lubec, ca. 1920, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 88041

Canning Factory, Robbinston, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Robbinston Media: Glass Negative

Item 7663

Catches for canneries, Eastport, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Eastport Media: Photoprint

Item 11446

Potato skin business, Belfast, 1982

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982-11-21 Location: Belfast Media: Photographic print

Item 12073

Pressure retort, Portland Company, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 12083

Steam retort, Portland Company, ca. 1900

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

Item 12759

Blueberry Cannery, Interior, Brooklin, 1935

Contributed by: Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society Date: 1935 Location: Brooklin Media: Photo transparency

Item 12760

Blueberry Cannery, Brooklin, ca. 1933

Contributed by: Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society Date: circa 1933 Location: Brooklin Media: 35mm phototransparency from printed page

Item 20254

Tukey's Bridge, Portland, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 27515

Corn Can Label, Farmington, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Farmington Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Location: Farmington Media: Ink on paper