Pioneer Canners: How the Baxter Canning Company Built a Maine Brand

159 Park Row,Brunswick ME 04011

09 June, 2022

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History Happy Hour: Pioneer Canners: How the Baxter Canning Company Built a Maine Brand with John Goff For our final History Happy Hour of the Spring/Summer season, John Goff will present, Pioneer Canners: How the Baxter Canning Company Built a Maine Brand on Thursday, June 9, at 5:30pm. Headquartered in Brunswick, the H.C. Baxter Canning Company operated canneries in several areas around the state from the late 19th through the mid-20th centuries. Pioneered by James Phinney Baxter, who also served as Mayor of Portland, the canning company was founded by his son Hartley C. Baxter, and involved other family members including Governor Percival Baxter, who created Baxter State Park. The canneries employed hundreds of Maine citizens from various walks of life and heritages. Learn more about this fascinating family, its company and workers, and the legacy it left on mass-produced foods and the Maine brand. Tickets: $8 PHC Members; $12 non-Members Admission includes one drink ticket. Our programming this year is made possible in part by the Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust. Please note that this is an in-person event. If Covid-19 restrictions limit in-person gatherings, we will adjust accordingly and contact all attendees. Pejepscot History Center is a non-profit, educational organization charged with preserving the collective heritage of Brunswick, Harpswell, and Topsham. The Society owns and operates the Joshua L. Chamberlain House Museum and the Skolfield-Whittier House, both of which are open to the public Memorial Day-Columbus Day. For further information please call the Center at 207.729.6606 or find us at www.pejepscothistorical.org.