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Description
In 1949 Lubec native Sherman Denbow bought the Forewinds House on Main Street. The property extended to the shore of Johnson Bay, where Denbow added a factory and warehouse alongside an existing smoked herring facility. His company canned cat food including the Kalico Kat brand for for National Pet Foods, Inc., of Marcellus New York. Denbow died in 1963.
About This Item
- Title: Kalico Kat catfood label, Lubec, ca. 1955
- Creation Date: circa 1955
- Subject Date: circa 1955
- Location: Lubec, Washington County, ME
- Media: Paper can label
- Dimensions: 10.5 cm x 24.4 cm
- Local Code: 467 jpg
- Object Type: Text and Image
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- Canning and preserving
- Advertising
- Cats--Food
- Sardine fisheries--Maine
- Canned sardines--Maine--Lubec
- Canned fish industry--Maine--Lubec
- Fish--Preservation
- Canned food industry--Maine--Lubec
- Fishing industry--Maine--Lubec
- Canned foods--Labeling--Maine--Lubec
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Lubec Historical Society135 Main Street, Lubec, ME 04652
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