Title
The McCurdy Fish Company in Lubec is the last of the herring smokehouses that on
Date
10-1-1986
Volume Number
Number 28
Pages
24, 29, 37
Abstract
The McCurdy Fish Company in Lubec is the last of the herring smokehouses that once crowded the Down East coastline. In 1983 McCurdy's packed 1.6 million strips of herring meat, each one strung, cut, split, skinned, weighed, and nailed into its wooden box entirely by hand. Angie Sawtelle has been stringing herring for 64 years. She, other workers, and John McCurdy are profiled. Details; Lubec demographics.
Subjects
Herring, McCurdy Fish Company Lubec, McCurdy, John, Sawtelle, Angie
Recommended Citation
French, Hugh T., "The McCurdy Fish Company in Lubec is the last of the herring smokehouses that on" (1986). Maine News Index – Salt. 117.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_salt/117
Source
Salt