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Semiahmoo Cannery, On Boundary Bay near Canadian border, Blaine, Whatcom County, WA

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Significance: A representative example of an early 20th-century fish packing and canning facility. The Semiahmoo Cannery survives with most of its buildings and machinery intact.

Survey number: HAER WA-11

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1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Murphy, Kevin, transmitter
Lowe, Jet, photographer
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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School #2, Buffalo, N.Y. Vincent Cannici, 13 years old last summer. Ran apple machine in cannery, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada. Lost 9 weeks school in the fall. Did not make good in promotion. Angelo, Brimo, 11 years old last summer. Ran apple machine in cannery, $1.25 to $1.50 a day, worked sometimes until 9 or 10 p.m. Lost 15 weeks schooling. Is a repeater. Buffalo, New York (State)

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