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14649Machiasport Canning Company
McKinley Canning Company
C.H. Rich & Co.
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
  • 48 Shore Road
"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.
Machiasport Canning Company
McKinley Canning Company
C.H. Rich & Co.
Item:
  • 14649   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 48 Shore Road
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]
11205Women Packing Sardine Cans in Maine - Probably Bass Harbor or Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
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.
Women Packing Sardine Cans in Maine - Probably Bass Harbor or Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 11205   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • NOAA's Historic Fisheries Collection
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.
5809Addison Packing Company Camps at Southwest Harbor - Summer of 1923
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Structures, Dwellings, Camp House
  • 1923 Summer
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 11 Apple Lane
Addison Packing Company Camps at Southwest Harbor - Summer of 1923
Item:
  • 5809   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Structures, Dwellings, Camp House
Date:
  • 1923 Summer
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 11 Apple Lane
Source:
  • Collection of Carol Reed Walsh
Tags:
zoomable
5905Underwood's Sardine Factory, McKinley, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • 1904 after
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
Underwood's Sardine Factory, McKinley, Maine
Item:
  • 5905   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
Date:
  • 1904 after
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
5954Addison Packing Company at Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • 1920 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 11 Apple Lane
Addison Packing Company at Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5954   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
Date:
  • 1920 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 11 Apple Lane
5968Addison Packing Company and Camps at Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Structures, Dwellings, Camp House
  • 1918
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 11 Apple Lane
Addison Packing Company and Camps at Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5968   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Structures, Dwellings, Camp House
Date:
  • 1918
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 11 Apple Lane
6378J.W. Stinson and Son - Interior
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • 1948-02-28
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 11 Apple Lane
J.W. Stinson and Son - Interior
Item:
  • 6378   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
Date:
  • 1948-02-28
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 11 Apple Lane
6379J.W. Stinson and Son - Interior
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • 1948
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 11 Apple Lane
J.W. Stinson and Son - Interior
Item:
  • 6379   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
Date:
  • 1948
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 11 Apple Lane
6380J.W. Stinson and Son - Interior
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • 1948
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 11 Apple Lane
J.W. Stinson and Son - Interior
Item:
  • 6380   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
Date:
  • 1948
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 11 Apple Lane
6381J.W. Stinson and Son - Interior
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • 1948
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 11 Apple Lane
J.W. Stinson and Son - Interior
Item:
  • 6381   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
Date:
  • 1948
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 11 Apple Lane
6382J.W. Stinson and Son - Interior
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • 1948
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 11 Apple Lane
J.W. Stinson and Son - Interior
Item:
  • 6382   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
Date:
  • 1948
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 11 Apple Lane
6529Unloading Herring Next to the Joyce Marie at the Underwood Wharf, McKinley, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
Unloading Herring Next to the Joyce Marie at the Underwood Wharf, McKinley, Maine
Item:
  • 6529   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
6541Workers at the Underwood Factory, McKinley, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
  • 5 Granville Road
Lawrence Carter - facing camera Mitch Gordius - back to camera Unknown person in back
Workers at the Underwood Factory, McKinley, Maine
Item:
  • 6541   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 5 Granville Road
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
Description:
Lawrence Carter - facing camera Mitch Gordius - back to camera Unknown person in back
6555Frying Fish at the Underwood Factory, McKinley, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
Frying Fish at the Underwood Factory, McKinley, Maine
Item:
  • 6555   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
6556Crew at the Old Factory of the William Underwood Company Lobster Cannery at Steamboat Wharf, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
  • 1912 before
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 184 Clark Point Road
In the photograph are: Alvin Lewis Norwood (1878-1956) Eugene "Gene" Hal Reed (1881-1957) John Thomas "Tom" Lawton (1854-1954) Wilder Reed - probably Wilda D. Reed (1886-1953), Mrs. Unknown Gray, Mrs. Leslie Elroy Hamblen and Mrs. Charles A. Gott Estelle "Stella" M. (Norwood) Latty (1876-1953), Mrs. Vernon H. Latty
Crew at the Old Factory of the William Underwood Company Lobster Cannery at Steamboat Wharf, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 6556   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
Date:
  • 1912 before
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 184 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
Description:
In the photograph are: Alvin Lewis Norwood (1878-1956) Eugene "Gene" Hal Reed (1881-1957) John Thomas "Tom" Lawton (1854-1954) Wilder Reed - probably Wilda D. Reed (1886-1953), Mrs. Unknown Gray, Mrs. Leslie Elroy Hamblen and Mrs. Charles A. Gott Estelle "Stella" M. (Norwood) Latty (1876-1953), Mrs. Vernon H. Latty
6557Crew in front of Boiler Room Door of the New Underwood Factory at McKinley - After 1912
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
  • 1912 after
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
Crew in front of Boiler Room Door of the New Underwood Factory at McKinley - After 1912
Item:
  • 6557   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
Date:
  • 1912 after
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
6558The Underwood Canning Factory at McKinley
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • 1912 after
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
"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."
The Underwood Canning Factory at McKinley
Item:
  • 6558   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
Date:
  • 1912 after
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
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]
6559The Underwood Canning Factory at McKinley
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • 1912 before
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
The Underwood Canning Factory at McKinley
Item:
  • 6559   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
Date:
  • 1912 before
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
6645Crew in the Cartoning Room of the Underwood Factory, McKinley, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
  • 1912
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
Crew in the Cartoning Room of the Underwood Factory, McKinley, Maine
Item:
  • 6645   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
Date:
  • 1912
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
6889Underwood and Richardson's Wharves, Mckinley, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • W.M. Prilay, Pittsfield, Me.
  • 1914 PM
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
  • 5 Granville Road
Underwood and Richardson's Wharves, Mckinley, Maine
Item:
  • 6889   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
Publisher:
  • W.M. Prilay, Pittsfield, Me.
Date:
  • 1914 PM
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 5 Granville Road
Tags:
wharf, tinted, building
7239Underwood Canning Factory, McKinley, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
Underwood Canning Factory, McKinley, Maine
Item:
  • 7239   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
9285Underwood Sardine Factory, McKinley, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
  • 5 Granville Road
Underwood Sardine Factory, McKinley, Maine
Item:
  • 9285   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 5 Granville Road
Tags:
wharf
6563Packing Room at the Underwood Factory, McKinley, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
Packing Room at the Underwood Factory, McKinley, Maine
Item:
  • 6563   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
6455Interior of the Machiasport Canning Company
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • 1948-07-16
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
Interior of the Machiasport Canning Company
Item:
  • 6455   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
Date:
  • 1948-07-16
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
State:
  • ME
6456Inside the Machiasport Canning Company
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • 1948-07-16
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
Inside the Machiasport Canning Company
Item:
  • 6456   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
Date:
  • 1948-07-16
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
State:
  • ME