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Alexander, Lou
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Flea Market
Year
1989
In Maine, it is common for one person's trash to become a treasure to someone else. Edite Pedrosa visits the Montsweag Flea Market to learn about the flea market business functions.
Type
published content
Title
Dragging
Year
1977
Out at Wood Island at four in the morning, Lester Orcutt is ready to start his daily routine of dragging. Herbert Baum III joins Orcutt has he drags to learn about this fishing method and the work draggers perform.
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published content
Title
Vassals of the Farm
Year
1988
Bound to the Rancourt Dairy Farm in Vassalboro, hired hands and owners work restless work days. Bonnie Bragdon documents the work done at the farm, and how people feel about their work.
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published content
Title
Selling the Folk: Marketing Maine Culture
Year
1990
There was a time when Maine was marketed as a landscape for escape, known as vacationland. Brett Jenks explores how Maine is now marketed as "The Way Life Should Be."
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Writing
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Strong Enough
Year
2002
In the small town of Strong, the Strong Wood Products, Inc. toothpick and dowel mill begins manufacturing early each morning. Suzanne Grossman speaks to employees at the factory to learn about their jobs and the work produced at the mill.
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Writing
Title
Groomed
Year
2007
For the Switzer family, harness racing is their passion and their livelihoods. Beth Leonard highlights the acitivities of the Switzer family, their family business, and harness racing.
Type
Writing
Title
Happiness Lies on the Back of a Horse
Year
2002
One of the theapeautic riding centers in Maine, Flying Changes Therapeutic Riding Center assists thousands of handicapped people with all kinds of disabilities. Melissa Dalton discusses the Flying Changes Therapeutic Riding Center and the services they provide.
Type
Writing
Title
Supplying Ships at Sea
Year
2007
Mercedes Grandin speaks to Mark Usinger about his buisness, A.L. Griffin ship's chandlery. Usinger discusses how the business has changed over the years, making it difficult to compete.
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published content
Title
Junior Miller
Year
1984
Hugh French pays homage to Junior Miller of Eastport. French speaks about Miller's character and his successes.
Type
published content
Title
Making the Round
Year
1988
As a social worker, Maurice Geoffroy sees people from all backgrounds and with varying situations. Salt follows Geoffroy around as he visits the elderly, welfare mothers, people laid off, and others.
Type
published content
Title
From Folk to Pop and Back Again
Year
1990
Salt invites scholars to a conference to speak about how folk culture and popular culture interact. Salt offers a report on the conference.
Type
published content
Title
May 1989 Salt Magazine, Eating in Maine
Year
1989
Guide to help people find important places to eat in Maine.
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