Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2023.100.53 |
Collection |
A Window on the Past columns |
Object Name |
Clipping, Newspaper |
Reference code |
US SPHi 2023.100.53 |
Title |
LobLure experimented with artificial bait |
Date |
2023 |
Scope & Content |
Feature story about LobLure, Inc., its founder Osborn Curtis, Jr., and his partner Ted Prudden. The men formed the company to try to develop an artificial lobster bait. They incorporated the company in 1947 and leased Building 17, the former carbine/acetylene building, in the West Yard of the former shipyard. The company ceased operation in 1949. A Window on the Past history column by Kathryn Onos DiPhilippo, executive director of the South Portland Historical Society. Published in the South Portland Cape Elizabeth Sentry, January 6, 2023. |
Search Terms |
A Window on the Past (news columns) LobLure, Inc. West Yard (post-war) |
People |
DiPhilippo, Kathryn Onos Curtis, Osborn M., Jr. Prudden, Theodore M. |