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Fishermen and Fishing
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Title
A Wharf and Its People
Year
1987
Pam Berry captures the activity at Custom House Wharf in Portland.
Type
published content
Title
Lobstering: The Stilly Story
Year
1977
A lobsterman for over 40 years, Stilly Griffin hauls traps from his boat, the Lorraine E. Herbert Baum III and Kristy Bunnell capture Griffin's story of working as a lobsterman.
Type
published content
Title
Lobstering: Gettin' Where Somebody Hasn't Been
Year
1977
Understanding how lobsters might be thinking is important for a lobsterman. Herbert Baum III speaks to his father about getting to the next lobstering spot before others.
Type
published content
Title
How to Build a Lobster Trap
Year
1977
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
Photography
Title
Dipper Dan
Year
2010
Leah Arsenault documents the work of Danny Todd, who runs a scallop boat during the winter.
Type
Photography
Title
Bait Girl Photographs
Year
1973
Getting up at 5 o'clock every morning for the past two summers, Anne Pierter is a bait girl on a lobster boat. Anne Pierter documents her experience working on a lobster boat.
Type
published content
Title
Down She Goes
Year
1974
Heading down to the wharf at three o'clock in the morning, Herbert Baum is ready to learn about lobstering from his father and Dave Burnham. Baum documents the work that lobsterman do on their boats and how they got into the business.
Type
published content
Title
Casey at the Wheel
Year
1985
Martha McNey takes a trip with Casey Stender on his boat, the Petra Anne, to document his work as a fisherman.
Type
published content
Title
Fonnie, A Retired Fisherman, Portland, 1987
Year
1995
Pam Berry captures an image of Fonnie, a retired fisherman, smoking outside of the Custom House Wharf in Portland.
Type
published content
Title
Lobstering: Bait Girl
Year
1977
Getting up at 5 o'clock every morning for the past two summers, Anne Pierter is a bait girl on a lobster boat. Anne Pierter documents her experience working on a lobster boat.
Type
Writing
Title
The Lobsterman's Trap
Year
2009
Marrying into the lobster industry, Julie Eaton is not a lobsterwoman, but a lobsterman. Aubrey White highlights the work that Eaton does for the lobster industry.
Type
published content
Title
Seafaring: Cecil Kelley
Year
1980
Andrea Downs and Cynthia Pinkham highlight the life of Cecil Kelley, a fisherman from Jonesport. Kelley shares several of his stories as well.
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