Maine Memory Network

Packing fish in cans, Lubec, ca. 1900, ca. 1900

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

Aurelie Danis, Biddeford, ca. 1912

Contributed by: Biddeford Historical Society Date: circa 1912 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Working in McCurdy's Skinning Shed, Lubec, ca. 1982

Contributed by: Brenda Havens Foley through Lubec Landmarks Date: circa 1982 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Packing watchstraps, Lubec, ca. 1988

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

Skinning herring at McCurdy's, Lubec, 1989, 1989

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1989 Location: Lubec Media: Color transparency

American Can Company, Lubec, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Matt Hoopes through Lubec Memorial Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Gwen May remembers working the Swan's Island telephone switchboard in the 1960s

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3

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Sardine factory workers, Swan's Island, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Weave Room, Worumbo Mill, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Lisbon Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Lisbon Falls Media: Photographic print

Sanatorium employment inquiry, 1908

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1908-09-28 Location: Hebron; Oxford Media: Ink on paper

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Nurses Graduation, Biddeford, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1930 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Webber Hospital Training School Graduates, Biddeford, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1930 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Packing Sardines, R.J. Peacock Canning Co., Lubec, 1941

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1941 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

High speed warping at Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, ca. 1925

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1925 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Wide sheeting looms at Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, ca. 1925

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1925 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Inspecting and packing cloth at Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, ca. 1925

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1925 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Julia S. Quinby, Westbrook Seminary, Class of 1863

Contributed by: Abplanalp Library, UNE Date: circa 1863 Location: Westbrook; Portland Media: Carte de visite

Packing herring at McCurdy’s, Lubec, 1989, 1989

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1989 Location: Lubec Media: Color transparency

Eva Wheaton on quarry boarding house, Swan's Island, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3

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Eastern Paper Finish Department workers, Brewer, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine Date: 1942 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

Women sorting rags, Brewer, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1920 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

Women cutting rags, Eastern Fine Paper, Brewer, ca. 1920

Do you know these Eastern Fine Paper workers?

Contributed by: Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1920 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

Jacquard looms at the Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, ca. 1925

They're looking to be identified

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1925 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Canning sardines, Lubec, ca. 1960, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print