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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… at West Quoddy Head by Ronald Pesha, West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Assoc., Inc. Images from the organization's collection Lighthouse, Sail Rock…"

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Bobby Gray at icicle-covered cliffs below lighthouse, ca. 1938

West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association

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

Lubec, Maine - Links

"View more Lubec images. The West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association enhances the experience and knowledge of community members and visitors to…"

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… at Carrying Place Cove – 1.5 miles west of West Quoddy Head • Last sailing ship built in Lubec – Charles Sears 1879 • Number of active weirs down…"

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Lubec, Maine - A Signature Quilt

"… of Ebenezer Wormell, lightkeeper at West Quoddy Head Light Station in the 1840s-50s, which explains Almeda’s locater, South Lubec Road...the…"

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Lubec, Maine - Exhibits

"… McCurdy Herring Smokehouse The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax S.S."

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"The Lubec Channel Light was commissioned in 1890. Shipwrecks led to the construction of a lifesaving station at Carrying Place Cove in 1874."

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Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"The first ever Quoddy Light yearbook forecast a political career, the Class Prophecy portraying Myron as a judge who “evidently followed the…"

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

"… Admiral Farragut were in collision off Boston Light in the harbor today, and the Cumberland, in a sinking condition, put back to her dock and…"

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Temporary trestlework for bridge, Lubec, ca. 1961, 1961

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 2 of 3

"… Society Two additional photographs came to light after this exhibit was finished which dramatically show the extreme variation in tide unique to…"

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Water Street decorated for Centennial, Lubec, 1911

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"Sunday July 2 "came in with a light breeze southwest and fine weather" and the same but cloudy skies prevailed on July 3."

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

"… you hear a word of it, you can see it in your head. You feel so bad; Miriam’s friends were gone."

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

"Except for the electric light bulbs and plastic baskets, the Brining Room was basically the same traditional space."

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Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… Historical Society Festooned with electric lights, Lubec prepared Water Street, below, for the July 4th parade which simultaneously honored the…"

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Aerial view looking toward Lubec, ca. 1950

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

"The first step was to cut off heads and tails, and remove innards. This was done on the wharf or in an open area on the first floor of a cannery, as…"