Keywords: Canning factory
Item 6542
Canning factory, Fryeburg, 1938
Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Location: Fryeburg Media: Photographic print
Item 27119
Seacoast Canning Company, Lubec, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1920-11-01 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print
Item 86732
Canning Factory, Merrills Wharf, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: The Twitchell Champlin Company Use: Canning Factory
Item 86750
Canning Factory, Merrills Wharf, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: The Twitchell Champlin Company Use: Canning Factory
Item 151295
B&M store house and canning factory, Portland, 1918-1944
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1918–1944
Location: Portland; Farmington; Livermore Falls
Client: Burnham and Morrill Co.
Architect: John Calvin Stevens John Howard Stevens Architects
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Item 151720
Portland Packing Company, Portland, 1916-1918
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916–1918 Location: Portland; Skowhegan Client: Portland Packing Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
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Maine's corn canning industry, as illuminated by the career of George S. Jewett, prospered between 1850 and 1950.
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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.
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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."
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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor
"The Seacoast Canning cartel had long since given up its efforts at monopoly. A new national player had come to town, Booth Fisheries, and now shared…"
