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Sardine carrier Mary Anne and champagne, Thomaston, 1947

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Sardine carrier Mary Anne and champagne, Thomaston, 1947
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Description

The ship Mary Anne, the first refrigerated sardine carrier, was built by the Newbert and Wallace Shipyard in Thomaston.

Anne Sleight Pike, at left, and Mary Pike, daughters of Moses Bernard Pike of Lubec, owner of the Holmes Packing Company, pose in front of the ship.

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