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

"Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen Susie (Knight) Calder was born on Lead Mine Road, the oldest girl in a family of 12 children."

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

"… declared this: “The great object of combining the Sardine industry under the control of one syndicate was to regulate and systematize the whole…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Data on the Maine Sardine Industry”, Maine Sardine Industry History. Varney, George A., A Gazetteer of the State of Maine, Boston: Russell, 1881…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… abandoned in 1936 1950 • From peak production sardine industry begins steady decline 1956 • Gymnasium built adjacent to Lubec Grammar School • The…"

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 1 of 4

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

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."

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

"… Plant at Mill Creek later functioned as a sardine factory, operated by the Standard Sardine Company."

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 - 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 - 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."

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

"Herring smokehouse, Eastport, 1886Maine Historical Society Fortunately, a few people took it upon themselves toward the end of the industry to…"

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

"… the development of this and other fishery industries. Thus, box sizes and grades of quality and fish size interested him Toward the last years of…"

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…"

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

"The sardine factory alone employed 100 people at the height of its success. A story continues even today that for years and years after the medicinal…"

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…"