Maine Memory Network

Admiral brand sardine can, Lubec, ca. 1973

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1973 Location: Lubec Media: Steel, tin

Party at Peacock Canning Co., Lubec, ca. 1950, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

World War I and the Maine Experience

With a long history of patriotism and service, Maine experienced the war in a truly distinct way. Its individual experiences tell the story of not only what it means to be an American, but what it means to be from Maine during the war to end all wars.

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Photographs taken in the 1880s by T. W. Smillie of the U. S. National Museum in Washington, D. C. details the process of canning."

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"R.J. Peacock Canning Co. Float, Lubec, 1950Lubec Memorial Library J: Susie, there were 12 children in your family."