When James Philson McCutcheon posed for Lewis Hine, his back was facing the L.D Clark & Sons sardine factory. Not long after, someone apparently built a shed on the vacant area directly behind him. Or perhaps the shed was there earlier and had been torn down. Whichever happened, in the photo below, taken from almost the identical spot, you can see the rock on which young James was standing. On a recent visit to Eastport, I determined that this spot appears to be on the shore just east of the end of Battery Street. There's a cove just north of it. L.D Clark & Sons was located on the other side of the cove.

According to the Maine Archives, Albert J. McCutcheon married Sarah J. Greenlaw in Eastport, on December 15, 1899. In the 1900 census, they are living with Albert's parents, and they have a two-month-old child whose name was given as "Baby No Name" McCutcheon. Albert works as a can maker. In the 1910 census, "Baby No Name" is identified as 10-year-old Philson J. McCutcheon. Sarah, now a widow, lives at 5 Pleasant Street, in Eastport, and works as a packer in a sardine cannery. In 1919, Philson James McCutcheon registered for the draft. He listed his date of birth as March 30, 1900, and he stated that he was living at 1 Pleasant Street with his mother and worked for Sea Coast Cannery. Listed as James P. McCutcheon in the 1920 census, he still lives at 1 Pleasant Street with his mother. Both of them are working at the cannery. She died in 1925.