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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…"

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

"By 1880 there were five canneries in Eastport, and one in North Lubec. Fish processing, Eastport, ca."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Exports were salt and smoked fish, sardines, potatoes, hay, wood and other agricultural products. By 1880 the era of sail had given way to the rise…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Brown & Co. constructed first sardine factory on Water Street 1882 • The Passamaquoddy Ferry Co. founded for the purpose of running a steam ferry…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"… landscape was densely crowded with smokehouses, sardine canneries, lumber and coal businesses out on the wharves."

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

"… the housing for the pump, the flexible hose that extended down into the hold of the sardine carrier, and the exterior part of the sluiceway."

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

"… Klondike plant was purchased by he Standard Sardine Company and fish was processed there for several years."

Lubec, Maine - Exhibits

"… here or through the Narrative page Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor McCurdy Herring Smokehouse The Lighthouse at West…"

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

"… Sluicing into the tanks Hall observed that the fish “are immediately put into the pickling tanks, which have first been partially filled with a…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Gove, North Lubec sardine packer; A.W. Kelley, druggist; Pike’s Market; A. Rowell; A.B. Sumner and Co.; Staples & Son, general merchant; F.Y."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"… and also Customs Collector, the personal diary of sardine mogul Jacob C. Pike contains daily weather commentary."

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

"Seine fishing (hand line fishing) was one form of fishing used by island fishermen. These fishermen were mostly fishing for herring."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… daughter of Bion Moses Pike, owner of the Lubec Sardine Co., who had donated the land to the town for the Civil War Soldiers’ monument."

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

"… were turned into tasty ready-to-eat smoked fish. There was Rosemary Ranck, who at some point in 1975, walked into McCurdy’s."

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

"… the Lubec waterfront, still an active herring/sardine economy though in decline from peak years in the 1940s."

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

"In 1895 H.W. Joyce built a sardine factory for the herring that were plentiful at the time. Later industries included a cod liver oil plant, the…"

Lubec, Maine - Links

"Links The Lubec project team cataloged and uploaded over 800 historical images of early Lubec. View more Lubec images."

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 2 of 2

"The Blizzard of '34 Undoubtedly longer than any snow report the oldest inhabitant ever saw. Blizzard, Lubec, January 21, 1934 Lubec Historical…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"The Blizzard of '34 by Ronald Pesha Blizzard, Lubec, January 1934Lubec Historical Society “We are enjoying (?) a winter such as the oldest…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911 by Ronald Pesha, Lubec Historical Society “The new bronze souvenirs have arrived and may be secured from C."

Lubec, Maine - Team Members

"Team Members Lubec Consolidated School 44 South Street Lubec, ME 04652 (207) 733-5591 msad19@yahoo.com http://www.lubecschool.org Lubec Historical…"

Lubec, Maine - A Signature Quilt

"A Signature Quilt By Ronald Pesha, Lubec Historical Society Wormell Sisters image from Betsey Leavitt Josselyn Signature Quilt, Lubec…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 2 of 3

"Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello Temporary trestlework for bridge, Lubec, ca. 1961 Lubec Historical Society Pier placement…"

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

"Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello Some text adapted from Remembering Lubec, copyright © Ronald Pesha, published 2009 by The History…"