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Local Fishermen at Pine Point, Scarborough, 1932

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

"… the canning process, tops were individually hand-soldered onto filled cans, and it’s believed that this process may have been the cause of serious…"

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Aerial view looking toward Lubec, ca. 1950

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

"The report said “they are ‘the can makers,’ so called, who solder in the bottoms” of the cans (p. 88)."