Maine Memory Network

Packing fish in cans, Lubec, ca. 1900, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Lubec Media: Photograph on card mount

Water line for American Can Co., Lubec, ca. 1910, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Lubec Media: Photograph on cardboard

Snow's Canning Factory, Scarborough, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1930 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Farnsworth Packing Co. label, Brooklin, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Brooklin Media: Photo transparency

Jonesport Brand River Herring, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Jonesport Media: Ink on paper

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Johnson Street fish packing and canning factories, Lubec, ca. 1920, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Men who worked making, Swan's Island, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

A view of Eastport from the S.S. "Cumberland," ca. 1900

Courtesy of John Howard, an individual partner Date: circa 1900 Location: Eastport; Campobello Island Media: Film negative

Fishing, Pleasant Point, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Pleasant Point Media: Photoprint

Ramsdell Cannery Label, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: Brooklin Media: Photo transparency

Herring unloaded, Lubec, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Lubec Memorial Library Date: circa 1930 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Blueberry Cannery, Brooklin, ca. 1933

Contributed by: Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society Date: circa 1933 Location: Brooklin Media: 35mm phototransparency from printed page

Herring fishing fleet of Quoddy, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Quoddy Media: Photoprint

Canneries prior to Brooklin Boat Yard, Brooklin, 1959

Contributed by: Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society Date: 1959 Location: Brooklin Media: Photo transparency

Robert James Peacock, Lubec Sardine Co., 1911

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1911 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Sardine Factory at Jonesport, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Jonesport Media: Glass Negative

Downeast Maine weir, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Eastport Media: Photoprint

Factory Workers from Swan's Island, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print

Blueberry Cannery, Interior, Brooklin, 1935

Contributed by: Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society Date: 1935 Location: Brooklin Media: Photo transparency

Sardine packing plant interior, Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print

Marion Stinson, 'Jill of All Trades,' Swan's Island, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3

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Peacock Canning Co. shop, Lubec, ca. 1975, ca. 1975

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1975 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

North Lubec factory workers, Lubec, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Sardine factory workers, Lubec, ca. 1900, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print