Maine Memory Network

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

"… Hine, a photographer investigating the use of child labor in the canneries in 1911, was convinced unemployment and damage to family life resulted."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Until child labor laws were instituted in the 1930s children, using sharp knives, removed the heads, tails and entrails from the fish."

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2

"It shocks that there were only three survivors and my grandmother is the only living survivor. It was very brave of the people who saved the three.”…"

Lubec, Maine - A Signature Quilt

"… Lubec, Maine Mrs Hillie? Guptill X The only out of towner was Miss Jennie Skillings of Portland Maine."

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"There were only 17 survivors. The Larchmont, which as the Cumberland brought passengers and prosperity to Lubec, now lies beneath 135 feet of water…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"Fifteen gleeful youngsters, only three of whom would live.* Including nine-year-old Miriam Kelley, sometimes known as Mimi (pronounced MIH-mee), the…"

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

"… sticks: Hall’s first words about these are “the only equipment used exclusively in a smokehouse.” The next sentence was an understatement: “A…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"… deep roots in the history of the industry not only in Lubec, but anywhere where herring were caught and smoked."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Congress appropriated $5,000 in 1806, and not only for navigation. A document of the Maine Department of Parks and Lands states the facts bluntly."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… and Fisher – “The presence of these people is not only desirable for the amount of money they will bring into the town, but we should welcome them…"

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

"… the last years of his operation, McCurdy packed only one grade, in one size box, fish packed lengthwise."

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

"… were closing it was very sad because that was the only work there was, other than clamming. And that was hard work. I never could dig clams."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… incorporated 1975 • McCurdy Smokehouse is the only remaining business of its kind in U.S. • Sardine plants in Maine dwindled from 48 to 15 1976 •…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Mabelle Martin's casket, Bangor, 1899

"… (1866-1899), the third daughter and youngest child of John and Clara Martin of Bangor, died of typhoid fever on March 25, 1899."

Guilford, Maine - PEOPLE

"Rebecca, his first wife, died in 1811. He had a child with her. There is no recorded data on this child, but Robert Low had five children and a…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Ada Martin, Bangor, 1865

"Ada (1851-1923) was the eldest child of John and Clara Cary Martin. She and her brother John Jr. were the only two of the six Martin children to…"

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"Their only child was a boy named Orrin Horton who was born on June 20, 1863 in Somerville, MA. Orrin grew up in Blue Hill and became a builder."

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… Housing of Maine for expansion into a new, child-appropriate fifteen-unit residence on 68 High Street."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"… remains listing the name of that one perfect child. Hopscotch and London Bridges, marbles and ball games filled the play area adjacent to the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… early 1800s many schools used wooden canes if a child misbehaved. Soon after in the 1850's the leather strap and hickory switch were introduced to…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"As a child, Alice was like any child and enjoyed swimming, berrying, and playing with her friends, along with a healthy dose of schooling and church…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… father tearfully told his daughter, “The child will die before you get there. Carry a spade to dig a grave for the poor thing.” This counsel was to…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"… with orange letters and said something like A Child's First Reader. On the first page we were introduced to Dickie Dare, who taught us much about…"

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"Francis Stanislaus was the only child out of eight Stephen and Sylvia had that lived to adulthood. The rest of them probably died through…"