Category: Economics, Industry, Canning & processing
Item 16834
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1862 Location: Portland Media: Metal
Item 16949
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Portland; Portland Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Maine's corn canning industry, as illuminated by the career of George S. Jewett, prospered between 1850 and 1950.
Exhibit
Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Corn Canning Industry
"Corn Canning Industry By 1913, Maine employed 7,000 people in corn factories, one-third of them women."
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture
"Agriculture By Taffy Davis Harvesting Autumn CropsFarmington Historical Society Rich soil and the Sandy River, a source of water, travel and…"
Story
Maine and the Atlantic World Slave Economy
by Seth Goldstein
How Maine's historic industries are tied to slavery
Story
How Belfast was the Chicken Capital of the Northeast
by Ralph Chavis
My memories of spending time in Belfast as a child when my father worked in the chicken industry.
