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Historical Items

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Item 23427

Star lobster packing label, ca. 1867

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1867 Location: Portland; Paris Media: Ink on paper

Item 4148

Advertising card, Portland Packing Co., ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1867 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 4149

Star Lobster packing label, 1867

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1867 Location: Portland Media: Paper

Tax Records

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Item 86361

Fish Packing, Deaks Wharf, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Brawn Willard Company Use: Fish Packing

Item 86270

1 Central Wharf, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Central Wharf Proprietors Use: Fish Packing

Item 86271

2 Central Wharf, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Central Wharf Proprietors Use: Fish Packing

Architecture & Landscape

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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

Item 150107

Butler Manufacturing Buildings in various towns, Bangor, 1949-1951

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1949–1951 Location: Bangor Clients: Charles W. Tenbroeck; Butler Manufacturing Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 151617

James P. Baxter house, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Client: James P. Baxter Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Ice: A Maine Commodity

Maine's frozen rivers and lakes provided an economic opportunity. The state shipped thousands of tons of ice to ports along the East Coast and to the West Indies that workers had cut and packed in sawdust for shipment or later use.

Exhibit

Early Fish Canneries in Brooklin

By the 1900s, numerous fish canneries began operating in Center Harbor, located within the Brooklin community. For over thirty years, these plants were an important factor in the community.

Exhibit

Laboring in Maine

Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Corn Canning Industry

"Maine was ranked third in the country in corn packing, behind Illinois and New York. The season lasted a mere three weeks."

Site Page

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 15 of 17

"… evening the Town Hall was thrown open, which was packed by a joyful crowd. Speeches, singing and cheers were the order of the evening, and were…"

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"Van Riper’s photographs of the operations in the Skinning/Packing Sheds, the artifacts left there, and memories of workers help in understanding the…"