Keywords: liver
Item 102250
Dana's Sarsaparilla advertisement, Belfast, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Belfast Media: Ink on paper
Item 68458
Medicinal fish oil factory on Johnson Island, Swan's Island, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print
Item 111341
Wampole Spring House, Poland, 1895
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Poland Client: H. K. Wampole and Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens
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Mainers began propagating fish to stock ponds and lakes in the mid 19th century. The state got into the business in the latter part of the century, first concentrating on Atlantic salmon, then moving into raising other species for stocking rivers, lakes, and ponds.
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work
"… for business, people could still smell the cod liver oil as you got near Johnson Island. Fish factory workers, Swan's Island, ca."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII
"Later industries included a cod liver oil plant, the smell of which is still remembered by some islanders."
