Contributed by Lubec Historical Society
Description
Men, women and children labored at this North Lubec fish factory at the turn of the 20th century. The arrow on the photograph identifies John William West (1884-1979), a native of Coles Island, New Brunwick. Raised from 3½ to 12 in Minnesota and North Carolina, his widowed father then returned to New Brunswick. Records show that John was in Lubec in 1899 and married Helen Grace Price in Eastport in 1904. In 1921 he bought property in Harmony, living there until his death at 95.
About This Item
- Title: Lubec factory workers, Lubec, ca. 1905, ca. 1905
- Creation Date: circa 1905
- Subject Date: circa 1905
- Location: Lubec, Washington County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 15.2 cm x 24.4 cm
- Local Code: 383 jpg
- Collection: Janice West
- Object Type: Image
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- Child labor--Maine--Lubec
- Sardine industry--Maine--Lubec
- Laborers
- Canned fish industry--Maine--Lubec
- Group portraits
- Women--Employment
- Employees
- Children--Employment
- Child laborers--Maine--Lubec
- Fish canneries--Maine--Lubec
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Lubec Historical Society135 Main Street, Lubec, ME 04652
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