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Photography
Title
Planting's Only Half of It Photographs
Year
1973
Since he was young, Reid Chapman has enjoyed the outdoors and farming. Jay York and others document the story of Chapman, an 80 year old man who farms in West Kennebunk.
Type
Photography
Title
How to Knit a Lobster Trap Head Photographs
Year
1973
Living in Kennebunkport most of his life, Albert Hutchins is a Maine lobsterman. Carl Young Jr. visits Hutchins to learn how to knit a lobster trap head.
Type
published content
Title
Smelting
Year
1974
For most of his 74 years in Kennebunk, Bert Graves has been a smelt fisher. Roxanne Maling and Wendy Vail explore how the smelting fishing technique works by talking to Graves and Harvey Bixby.
Type
published content
Title
Those Damn Mud Holes
Year
1974
Speaking with Bob Bartlett about old roads, Lyman Page documents how people used to get stuck in mud holes on the main street in Kennebunk.
Type
published content
Title
Fishing off a Sailing Vessel "In Them Days"
Year
1974
As a fisherman who sailed off of sailing vessels in the early 1900's, Kenneth Hutchins has many stories about the old days of fishing. Fran Ober speaks to Hutchins about his experiences sailing in the early 1900's.
Type
published content
Title
Settin' on his Independence
Year
1974
Following a tradition of farm work before mechanized farming, Clifford and Belle Jackson continue to farm the old way. Kim Lovejoy documents the activities that the Jackson's perform on their farm to retain old farming habits.
Type
published content
Title
How to Build a Lobster Trap
Year
1974
Crafting a lobster trap requires precision, as demonstrated by Stilly Griffin. Elizabeth Tanner speaks to Griffin about the proper way to make lobster traps.
Type
published content
Title
Dowsing
Year
1974
Years before bulldozers and water companies, individuals would perform the act of dowsing in order to find water underground. Linda Rivard and others speak to dowsers to learn about their craft and the other things dowsers can read.
Type
published content
Title
Wildwood Chapel
Year
1974
In a wooded area far apart from the village churches in Kennebunk and Kennebunkport, the Wildwood Chapel resides. Erica Shorey and Karen Shuffleburg speak to individuals in the church community about their experiences at the chapel.
Type
published content
Title
Ned and Nell
Year
1974
Believing Blueberry Hill was haunted based on stories, Lynne Littlefield and Lyman Page speak to Bob Currier, who tells them otherwise. Littlefield and Page document how a red house in the area is actually haunted.
Type
published content
Title
Wild Honeybee Hunt
Year
1974
Over 40 years ago, Monty Washburn learned how to catch and hive bees. Mark Emerson and others visit Washburn to learn about hunting honeybees.
Type
published content
Title
Charcoal Making
Year
1974
Ava Ross discusses how charcoal was made by her husband, Willis back in the day.
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