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Title November 1991 Salt Magazine, Inside Back Cover
Year 1991
Inside back cover for the November 1991 Salt Magazine, with an advertisement for Maine Yankee Energy.
Type published content
Title Richmond's Russian Colony
Year 1984
During the 1950's, a colony of Slavic immigrants came to Richmond, Maine. Gretchen Batz documents how the Slavic community integrated into the town.
Type Multimedia
Title Like Father, Like Son: Dan's More Than a Shoe Repairman
Year 2015
Despite all of the change in Portland, Dan Lentz's shop, Roy's Shoes, has stayed the same. Emma Nobel profiles the work Lentz does as a cobbler.
Type published content
Title A Maine Barn Raisin'
Year 1977
From dawn to dusk, friends and neighbors of Stacy Wentworth helped him raise a 50 foot barn in Arundel. Anne Gorham documents the work that went into putting the barn together. Published in The Salt Book.
Type published content
Title Your New Country
Year 1980
Coming to Maine in 1902 from Canada to live a better life, Bertha Guerin recounts the differences between her home in Canada and in Maine.
Type Radio
Title Measure, Measure, Measure
Year 2004
Sara Wood highlights the life of Sturgis Whalen, a bus driver in Maine. Wood discusses Whalen dropping off his son to leave for the Navy, which follows a military tradition in the family.
Type Radio
Title Finding Herself at Occupy
Year 2012
Struggling with mental illness and homelessness, Danielle Gauvin was able to find a welcome place within the Occupy movement in Portland. Damian Biniek documents how Gauvin made the Occupy community her own, allowing her to begin the healing process for her issues.
Type Multimedia
Title A Universal Language
Year 2015
Living in Portland from Guniea, West Africa, Namory Keita is a drumming instructor and drum-maker. Lindsey Kilbride profiles Keita's passion for drumming and having to adjust to life in the U.S.
Type Radio
Title Rita, The Clothier
Year 2000
Brendan Haskins recounts the life of Rita Prout-Farley, the owner of a vintage clothing store in Portland. Rita discusses her business and the obstacles she had to overcome.
Type Radio
Title What We Talk About When We Talk About Little Italy
Year 2008
Former residents of Little Italy in Portland discusses their experiences growing up in their neighborhood, and their sense of community. They speak about the community being destroyed because of urban renewal.
Type Photography
Title Custom House Wharf, 1996
Year 1996
The Custom House Wharf in Portland serves as a major hub for the local fish business. Sharon Mayer captures various areas of the wharf.
Type published content
Title Drawing Bridges
Year 2006
Rena Kaneko highlights the life of Rebecca Goodale, an author and illustrator who captures the essence of endangered and threatened animals and plants.