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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"During the season workers came from Campobello, Grand Manan, Deer Island, and towns throughout Washington County, many living in rows of company…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… filled cans waiting on trays on one side of each worker. Solder would still have to be used to seal the cans."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"Note how the workers appear, casually working and walking atop the I-beam. Higher tides than normal come during new moons, as occurred on a cold…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"Hundreds of workers, many of them Italian immigrants who had been working on the railroad in Machias, were drawn to the project with promises of high…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"There she photographed two workers in the Brining Room who have been identified as Leeman Wilcox and Richard Munson."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"… Sheds, the artifacts left there, and memories of workers help in understanding the work. Natalie Havens, who used to work at McCurdy’s, made an…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"1910 with owner and workers posed is one example. Herring boxes and shooks at McCurdy's, Lubec, 1998Lubec Landmarks Herring boxes: The…"

Old Berwick Historical Society

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… to rely on islanders as cooks, interior home workers and nursemaids for children. F.S. Pendleton and Company Store, interior, Islesboro, ca."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Reform and Repeal

"… Prohibition X Franco-American Temperance Workers Westbrook, ca. 1920 Collections of Maine Historical Society/Maine Today Media Coll."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"Workers or apprentices are shown working and drinking on their grog break. "At eleven o'clock on each day the bell would ring, the masons come…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - About Us

"… work, please visit: http://www.swansislandhistory.org Click the links below to read about our busy workers! History Detectives The Crew"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 3 of 3

"Ad by Pepperell Mills to recruit women workers, Biddeford, 1943McArthur Public Library In Biddeford, like the rest of urban Maine, the relief of…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"1900 Swan's Island Historical Society Many workers came from European countries, and to meet the needs of a rising population, boarding houses and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry

"… about their own family connections to quarry workers. Please join us in our exploration of Baird's quarry, from its working days to its present…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Draining the quarry

"… operation, the pond was kept drained so that the workers could access the granite. When the quarrying season was over each year, the rain filled up…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"Manufacturing in Biddeford and other cities which had access to raw materials advertised in the local newspapers for workers."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"Odd Fellows Hall workers, Swan's Island, ca. 1945Swan's Island Historical Society Eighth grade graduation, Swan's Island, 1954Swan's Island…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Quarrying

"… boarding houses sprang up on the island to meet the needs of housing the workers. Eva Wheaton talks about the boarding houses in her audio."

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"Row House, Hallowell, ca. 1935 Hallowell mill workers lived in The Row House on Second Street. Hubbard Free Library The Cotton Mill's main textile…"

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

"Fish factory worker, Marion Stinson, Swan's Island, ca. 1990Swan's Island Historical Society The business employed seven or eight islanders full…"

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

"During the busy years, the increase in workers had a visible result on the island; there were boarding houses, boardwalks, sidewalks, hotels…"

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

"Fish factory workers, Swan's Island, ca. 1890Swan's Island Historical Society By the early 1900s there were six or more fish factories mostly on the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"The work was demanding, with no set hours. Workers rushed to the factory whenever the whistle blew. The conditions were dismal."