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Photography
Title
Swedish-Americans in Aroostook County Photographs
Year
1988
For three generations, a colony of Swedish farmers have raised potatoes and families in rural Aroostook County. Tonee Harbert captures how these farmers are close knit and hard working.
Type
Photography
Title
Just Comin' and Goin' - Apple Pickers
Year
1988
Tonee Harbert captures the lives and work of Jamaican apple pickers who spend more time in American than in Jamaica.
Type
Photography
Title
Finnish-Americans Photographs
Year
1988
In order to learn about the Finnish community in Maine, Kate Jeremiah and Nina Hein visit the South Paris sauna. Jeremiah captures their lives in Maine.
Type
Photography
Title
Stan's Grocery Photographs
Year
1988
Lilace Mellin captures images of the life inside of Stan's Grocery on Madawaska Lake.
Type
Photography
Title
Monica: A Photo Essay
Year
1988
Pam Berry captures the life of Monica, a mother who lives in a schoolbus with her daughter while she builds a house for the future.
Type
Photography
Title
Jamaican Apple Pickers
Year
1988
Tonee Harbert captures the lives and work of Jamaican apple pickers who spend more time in American than in Jamaica.
Type
Magazine
Title
Salt Magazine IX: Number 34, December 1988
Year
Dec 1988
The December 1988 issue of Salt Magazine features stories on rural life, illiteracy, and poverty.
Type
published content
Title
The Junkyards of Manicured Maine
Year
1989
In a battle of social classes, new middle class Maine wants old rural Maine to clean up junk from their yards. Amy Rawe explores how this battle between city and country values is taking place.
Type
published content
Title
August 1989 Salt Magazine, Letters
Year
1989
Readers write in response to the work Salt has done on Paul Bunyan and rural poverty.
Type
published content
Title
To Maine for Apples
Year
1989
At Tom Gyger's orchard near Bridgton, Jamaican apple pickers live a life between two worlds. Lisa Rathke follows around 13 pickers through the harvest and their daily lives.
Type
published content
Title
Just Comin' and Goin'
Year
1989
Tonee Harbert captures the lives and work of Jamaican apple pickers who spend more time in American than in Jamaica.
Type
published content
Title
Peaks Island
Year
1989
As Portland becomes more suburban, Peaks Island has experienced waves of change. Harry Brown documents how the community of people have little in common except the ferry commute they make and their liking for Peaks Island.
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