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| 6541 | Workers at the Underwood Factory, McKinley, Maine |
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| Lawrence Carter - facing camera Mitch Gordius - back to camera Unknown person in back | 
Description: Lawrence Carter - facing camera Mitch Gordius - back to camera Unknown person in back | |||
| 6889 | Underwood and Richardson's Wharves, Mckinley, Maine |
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| 13359 | Benjamin M. Robinson Wharf Allen J. Lawler Canning Factory A.J. Lawler Canning Factory |
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| 14649 | Machiasport Canning Company McKinley Canning Company C.H. Rich & Co. |
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| "The first owners of the McKinley Canning Company were William "Bill" Herbert Thurston (1886-1957), Henry Bucknam Wass (1906-1986), his brother, Lester Leighton Wass (1905-1987) and their father, Jones Everett Wass (1881-1956). The company later became the Machiasport Canning Company owned by Henry Bucknam Wass and Charles Henry Rich (1892-1967)." - Interview with Elsie (Reed) Lunt, bookkeeper there for many years - 2008. "The building on the south side of the C.H. Rich & Co. property was the McKinley Canning Co. sardine packing factory, a branch of the Machiasport Canning Co., which was owned by Lester Leighton Wass (1905-1987), brother to Henry Bucknam Wass (1906-1986) who was probably involved in the business too. C.H. Rich & Co. bought the building for their lobster dealership and crab picking operation. They later expanded by building on the north side of the property." - Information from Elsie V. (Reed) Lunt, Mrs. Clarence L. Lunt, who was a bookkeeper for C.H. Rich until the business closed in 1963 - Interview 09/22/10 It was a sardine factory and during WWII hake and mackerel were canned there. C.H. Rich bought lobsters and fish. Wass canned sardines, mackerel and hake. | 
Description: "The first owners of the McKinley Canning Company were William "Bill" Herbert Thurston (1886-1957), Henry Bucknam Wass (1906-1986), his brother, Lester Leighton Wass (1905-1987) and their father, Jones Everett Wass (1881-1956). The company later became the Machiasport Canning Company owned by Henry Bucknam Wass and Charles Henry Rich (1892-1967)." - Interview with Elsie (Reed) Lunt, bookkeeper there for many years - 2008. "The building on the south side of the C.H. Rich & Co. property was the McKinley Canning Co. sardine packing factory, a branch of the Machiasport Canning Co., which was owned by Lester Leighton Wass (1905-1987), brother to Henry Bucknam Wass (1906-1986) who was probably involved in the business too. C.H. Rich & Co. bought the building for their lobster dealership and crab picking operation. They later expanded by building on the north side of the property." - Information from Elsie V. (Reed) Lunt, Mrs. Clarence L. Lunt, who was a bookkeeper for C.H. Rich until the business closed in 1963 - Interview 09/22/10 It was a sardine factory and during WWII hake and mackerel were canned there. C.H. Rich bought lobsters and fish. Wass canned sardines, mackerel and hake. [show more] | |||
| 3592 | Freeman's Wharf Farnsworth Fish Factory |
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| Built by John T.R. Freeman around 1885. The wharf was occupied by several canning businesses at various times |  Freeman's Wharf Farnsworth Fish Factory
Description: Built by John T.R. Freeman around 1885. The wharf was occupied by several canning businesses at various times | ||||
| 12488 | The Underwood Sardine Factory, Tremont, Maine |
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| 10228 | Advertisement for William Underwood & Co |
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| Advertisement appeared in "The Outlook" - A Weekly Newspaper and an Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 83, May 5 - August 25, 1906. | 
Description: Advertisement appeared in "The Outlook" - A Weekly Newspaper and an Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 83, May 5 - August 25, 1906. | ||
| 6454 | Machiasport Canning Company, McKinley - Conveyor Belt |
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| 7705 | Women Packing Sardines at the Machiasport Canning Company, Bass Harbor |
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| 7706 | Crab Pickers at Machiasport Canning Company, C.H. Rich's Wharf, Mckinley |
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| 11289 | Freeman's Wharf, Southwest Harbor - Farnsworth's Lobster, Clam and Sardine factory |
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| 6563 | Packing Room at the Underwood Factory, McKinley, Maine |
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| 5905 | Underwood's Sardine Factory, McKinley, Maine |
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| 6529 | Unloading Herring Next to the Joyce Marie at the Underwood Wharf, McKinley, Maine |
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| 6555 | Frying Fish at the Underwood Factory, McKinley, Maine |
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| 6557 | Crew in front of Boiler Room Door of the New Underwood Factory at McKinley - After 1912 |
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| 6558 | The Underwood Canning Factory at McKinley |
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| "During the winter months [in the 1930's], Dad clammed to bring in additional income; sometimes his three sons joined him. After completing the clamming, we would bring the clams home, and start processing them to seel to the Underwood Canning Co. located in Bass Harbor…"" - “The Local Boy: Growing up in Northeast Harbor, Maine in the 1930’s” by Miles Grindle, p. 9 – n.d. [2006] – Privately published – in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library." | 
Description: "During the winter months [in the 1930's], Dad clammed to bring in additional income; sometimes his three sons joined him. After completing the clamming, we would bring the clams home, and start processing them to seel to the Underwood Canning Co. located in Bass Harbor…"" - “The Local Boy: Growing up in Northeast Harbor, Maine in the 1930’s” by Miles Grindle, p. 9 – n.d. [2006] – Privately published – in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library." [show more] | |||
| 6559 | The Underwood Canning Factory at McKinley |
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| 6645 | Crew in the Cartoning Room of the Underwood Factory, McKinley, Maine |
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| 7239 | Underwood Canning Factory, McKinley, Maine |
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| 11022 | The Underwood Canning Factory Crew at McKinley |
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| 11205 | Women Packing Sardine Cans in Maine - Probably Bass Harbor or Southwest Harbor |
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| Note the scissors hanging on the wall - typical in the old canning factories. The location of this photograph is unknown, but it was in a collection of pictures taken on Mount Desert and could very well have been taken in Bass Harbor, Southwest Harbor or Manset. | 
Description: Note the scissors hanging on the wall - typical in the old canning factories. The location of this photograph is unknown, but it was in a collection of pictures taken on Mount Desert and could very well have been taken in Bass Harbor, Southwest Harbor or Manset. | |||||
| 5061 | William Underwood Company Lobster Cannery at Steamboat Wharf on Clark Point |
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| 6455 | Interior of the Machiasport Canning Company |
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| 6456 | Inside the Machiasport Canning Company |
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