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Photography
Title
Sardine Factory: Eastport Photographs
Year
1980
At the only sardine factory in operation in Eastport, workers share their experiences. Lynn Kippax Jr. documents work and life at the sardine plant.
Type
published content
Title
Salt Radio: Smells Like Money
Year
2005
Zac Barr highlights the work of sea cucumber harvesters and processors, and discusses how the business brings in good money for the workers and fishermen. Barr also speaks on the hispanic community that works for the Cherry Point plant.
Type
published content
Title
Running the Holmes Packing Plant: Moses Pike
Year
1983
Coming from a long line of frontier men who built Eastport, Moses Pike recounts his experience running his sardine factory before he sold it.
Type
Photography
Title
Rose Lady Photographs
Year
1994
Desiree Rios highlights the gardening experience and the cultivation of roses.
Type
published content
Title
River Driving: Bean Hole Beans
Year
1980
In the Kennedy family, bean hole bean baking has always been a tradition. Suellen Simpson travels to the Kennedy household in The Forks to learn about baking beans in the ground.
Type
published content
Title
Resting in the Blueberry Barrens, Gouldsboro, 1985
Year
1995
Taking a break from work, Lynn Kippax Jr. takes a photograph of Charlie Torrey, a blueberry raker.
Type
published content
Title
Removing Cases of Sardines, Easport, 1981
Year
1995
Lynn Kippax Jr. captures Moses Pike in action as he removes cases of packed sardines from the steam report at the Port Clyde sardine factory.
Type
published content
Title
Raking Blueberries, Gouldsboro, 1985
Year
1995
Working the blueberry fields by hand, Lynn Kippax Jr. captures Charlie Torrey while at work.
Type
published content
Title
Rakers
Year
1985
Lynn Kippax Jr. captures the work that hand rakers perform in the blueberry barrens.
Type
Writing
Title
Pulse of the Hive
Year
2005
With a background in chemical engineering, Lincoln Sennett borrowed ideas from honey packing companies to build his own honey production plant. Erin Post documents the history of Swan's Honey, originally owned by Harold Swan, and the work that goes into the business.
Type
Writing
Title
Portlands Waterfront Women
Year
1995
Caroline Hirsh documents the lives of seven women who work on the waterfront. She discusses their jobs and how their businesses were started.
Type
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.
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