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Aerial view looking toward Lubec, ca. 1950

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."

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Susie Knight, Sardine Queen Ball, Lubec, 1949

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."

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Ox Cart at N.W. Marston's Store, South Lubec, ca. 1880

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"1935Lubec Memorial Library 1990 • R.J. Peacock Canning Co. suspends sardine production • West Quoddy Life Saving Station added to National Register…"

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Map of Cobscook Bay Area, 1881

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Peacock Canning Co., Lubec, 1980Lubec Memorial Library Edith Comstock, a life-long resident of North Lubec, began packing sardines in 1931 when she…"