Maine Memory Network

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

"During that time the water, chemicals, and electricity had time to work their magic.” Apparently, nothing more elaborate than a cast iron pot was at…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"Water Transportation Text by David Thibodeau Ship Compass, Islesboro, ca. 1940Islesboro Historical Society SInce arriving in the 18th century…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"In the late 1700s and through the 1800s the waters around Swan’s Island were bountiful with flounder, cod, halibut, haddock, and herring."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Works Cited Page

"Ice Storm Works Cited Page Works Cited Adams, Betty. “Arborist: Give broken trees some time.” Morning Sentinel, 13 Jan."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Brick Works

"… largely into the brickmaking business, near the water below the upper wharf” and his wastebook clearly demonstrates that Boston was his major…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"The most popular of these artists was Water M. Campbell of Boston, who was active as an architectural illustrator from 1910 until his death in 1945."

Lubec, Maine - Exhibits

"… Sardine Queen Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End A…"

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

"When I started working in ’47 the work was steady. All the factories were busy. J: How did you know when they had fish to pack? S: Well, they would…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… to fabricate the temporary wooden trestles in the water as working platforms for construction of pier foundations, piers, and the steelwork for the…"

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

"Natalie Havens, who used to work at McCurdy’s, made an important point in 2001: Each person working in the Shed did everything: skinning, gutting…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"The work was there for whoever needed it. We women used to have a good time. It was hard work but we all knew one another; we were like a family.”…"

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

"… close to where School Street came down to meet Water Street a bit left of the center of the photograph, was the smokehouse operated at the time by…"

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

"… Historical Society Here in this can shop on Water Street, all the work of fabricating cans was carried out, no doubt."

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

"… a foot, leaving the streets ankle deep in cold water. Bogett's or Bogart's Hill, Lubec, 1934Lubec Historical Society An unnamed newspaper…"

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

"… a blizzard, causing it to keel over and fill with water. The boilers exploded, filling the ship with steam."

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

"… extending from the Lubec shore at low tide, the water reflecting the calm before tide reversal. The left photo near high tide reveals the water…"

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

"Water Street decorated for Centennial, Lubec, 1911Lubec Memorial Library Centennial on Water Street, Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society The…"

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

"… year, created for picnics and the usually placid waters of Gardner’s Lake, east of Machias in far Washington County."

Lubec, Maine - Team Members

"… Lubec Memorial Library 55 Water Street Lubec, ME 04652 (207) 733-2491 Contact: Susanne Plaut lubecmemlib@lubec.lib.me.us Please add "MMN Request"…"

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

"Zoom in to see the uniformed individuals on the lower left, possibly members of one of the many bands. Note that the water of Johnson Bay beyond the…"

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

"They worked right along with them. It was no different for the owners who were generally their own managers."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… 1900s 1900 • Census results – 3,005 1902 • Lubec Water & Electric District established – water mains laid throughout village and outlying areas…"

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

"… McCurdy’s understand the process and the hard work involved. Also left behind was example of an “improved” item, a wheeled cart."

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… Festooned with electric lights, Lubec prepared Water Street, below, for the July 4th parade which simultaneously honored the Town's 100th birthday…"