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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 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 published content
Title Island Women
Year 1978
Pamela H. Wood introduces a profile on Ruth Moulden, a women who had to work as hard as any man on Swan's Island.
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 Ruth
Year 1978
As a resident of Swan's Island, Ruth Moulden shares her thoughts and life with Anne Pierter. Moulden discusses life on the island and working there.
Type Radio
Title Werner the Wormer
Year 2003
Zac Barr highlights the work of Werner Rodey, a professional wormdigger, who explains his job collecting bloodworms for fishing bait.
Type published content
Title Sam, the Minstrel Man
Year 1980
Seen around Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Sam Miller is known as the minstrel man. Ron Burr documents how Miller got into performing vaudeville and travelling around New England.
Type published content
Title Crazy Avery Goes to New York
Year 1986
As a direct descendant of Barney Beal, Avery Kelley is known for his ability to tell stories. Jill Harvey speaks to Kelley about a trip he took to New York.
Type published content
Title Custom House Wharf, Portland, 1987
Year 1995
Pam Berry captures a photograph outside of the Custom House Wharf in Portland, a year before the pullout by Casco Bay Lines Ferry Terminal.
Type published content
Title December 1978 Salt Magazine, Table of Contents
Year 1978
Table of contents for December 1978 Salt Magazine.
Type Writing
Title Tears and Tiaras: Nine Year-Old Aryn Markee Tries to Uphold a Family Tradition at Boothbay Harbor's Miss Shrimp Princess Pageant
Year 2008
A family tradition since 1974, Aryn Markee participates in the annual Miss Shrimp Princess Pageant. Hayley Anson documents the work that Markee puts into the competition.
Type published content
Title Jenny, Island Shepherdess
Year 1985
On three islands off the coast of Maine, Jenny Cirone raises sheep. Terri Selfa documents the work Cirone does as a shepherdess and her life.