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| 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 | ||||
| 13359 | Benjamin M. Robinson Wharf Allen J. Lawler Canning Factory A.J. Lawler Canning Factory |
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| 13407 | William Underwood Company Lobster Cannery at Steamboat Wharf on Clark Point |
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| 3718 | William Underwood Factory at McKinley |
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| A sardine cannery in McKinely, now Bass Harbor. | 
Description: A sardine cannery in McKinely, now Bass Harbor. | |||
| 13086 | Addison Packing Camps |
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| 13087 | Addison Packing Company |
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| 13088 | J.W. Stinson and Son |
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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] | |||
| 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. | ||
| 13627 | My Grandmother Lived for the Factory Whistle |
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| The story of Mary Louise Mitchell as told by her granddaught, Carol Reed Walsh | 
Description: The story of Mary Louise Mitchell as told by her granddaught, Carol Reed Walsh | ||||
| 13628 | The Last U.S. Sardine Factory Shutting Its Doors |
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| Describes the closing of the Stinson Seafood plant | 
Description: Describes the closing of the Stinson Seafood plant | |||
| 9285 | Underwood Sardine Factory, McKinley, Maine |
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| 9325 | J.W. Stinson and Son in Southwest Harbor |
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| "The Addison Packing Co. at the head of Southwest Harbor, Maine. Directly behind the stack is the U.S. Coast Guard Depot." | 
Description: "The Addison Packing Co. at the head of Southwest Harbor, Maine. Directly behind the stack is the U.S. Coast Guard Depot." |
| 6889 | Underwood and Richardson's Wharves, Mckinley, Maine |
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| 16084 | W. M. Underwood's Sardine Factory, McKinley, Me |
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| 5671 | William Underwood Company Lobster Cannery |
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| 5061 | William Underwood Company Lobster Cannery at Steamboat Wharf on Clark Point |
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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. | |||||
| 15226 | The Underwood Canning Factory |
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| 15361 | Winter View of the Underwood Factory in Bass Harbor from Bernard |
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| The cannery was housed in the brick building at left (now Hopkins Landing condominiums). | 
Description: The cannery was housed in the brick building at left (now Hopkins Landing condominiums). | ||
| 7704 | William Underwood Company Factory, McKinley, Maine |
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| 7869 | Sardine Carrier Continental and Others at the J.W. Stinson and Son in Southwest Harbor |
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| 9464 | Clark Point from J.W. Stinson and Son in Southwest Harbor |
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| 5809 | Addison Packing Company Camps at Southwest Harbor - Summer of 1923 |
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| 5905 | Underwood's Sardine Factory, McKinley, Maine |
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