Maine Memory Network

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…"

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

"Sometimes we’d pack 16 or so little fish in a can. They were called ‘snippers’. The bigger ones, we’d pack four or six to a can."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… herring, being pre-cooked, were soft, so when we packed the small fish in cans, eight or more per can, we just snipped the head off between our…"

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

"… in the larger houses.” Left in the Skinning/Packing Shed were literally thousands of them, dark and oily from the millions of herring that had been…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… mill at “Devil’s Half Acre”, called The Lubec Packing Company 1881 – 1898 • 23 sardine factories established in Lubec • E.W. Brown & Co."

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

"Then they went to the Packing Room where women and girls placed the herring in cans, generally in a large well-lit area on the second floor."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"In the left foreground is the Skinning/Packing Shed where the activities involved in the last step went on."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"in Boston etc.), meat, fish and produce for the expanding summer colony. During peak season delivery trucks hurried about to the summer cottages and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"Burnham & Morrill moved its clam packing business to Portland in 1897, but continued to employ Pine Point diggers because the firm’s reputation had…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"Stuart & Co. and the Columbian Packing Co. had good supplies of coal, and wood on hand. Coal experienced no advance in price."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"… Dunstan on horseback with all his worldly goods packed in his saddlebags. He had come from Leicester, Massachusetts where he was born 26 October…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… surf the web to find the best airfare, pack a bag and you’re off. Such ease of travel is quite recent."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"The hard-packed sand surface provided a landing strip and runway for the post war craze of flying. It was also an ideal landing spot for long…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"Fish packing plants in South Blue Hill canned clams, mackerel, and herring. Local men fished through the ice for smelt in the winter, packing them…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"An excerpt from his diary reads: I packed my goods, loaded them and started for Mann Hill about 10 o'clock A.M."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"Keith jogged back to the house and packed his things in his shabby, green suitcase. He kissed his mother, left the house, and got in the car."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Sandy River Packing Co. Corn can labelFarmington Historical Society In 1869, Farmington’s first packing plant or cannery was opened by J.W. Jones."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Packed into this small downtown area is a wealth of architectural, economic and family history revealed in part by the stories connected to the sites…"