In the small town of Strong, the Strong Wood Products, Inc. toothpick and dowel mill begins manufacturing early each morning. Suzanne Grossman speaks to employees at the factory to learn about their jobs and the work produced at the mill.

Testimonials page for The Salt Book on the inside back cover of the December 1977 Salt Magazine.

Jennifer Mikulski speaks to individuals about garbage collecting and waste systems.

Mira Ptacin highlights the work of David Brennan, a funeral home director at Hobbs Funeral Home. Ptacin speaks to Brennan about his profession and the various job functions at a funeral home.

Table of contents for May 1988 Salt Magazine.

Inside front cover for March 1979 Salt Magazine with masthead, mission statement, and issue summary.

Drive about 20 miles north of Portland, Maine and you’ll arrive at Pineland. It looks like a college campus: brick buildings with stately pillars, it’s surrounded by rolling hills. But Pineland’s exterior doesn’t tell you about its history. It opened as an institution for people with disabilities in 1908. Alexa Burke spoke with people who lived and worked at Pineland to learn about the history of institutionalization and the legacies that remain today.

Inside back cover for the Salt Summer 2002 Magazine with Salt information.

Back cover for Salt 2.

Working for an escort business, women at Lovebirds speak about their mixed relationship with sex work. Hanna Wallis documents how the women feel about their work. Contains adult content.

Ali Scattergood documents the work of Ben Coombs, a glassblowing artist from Portland.

Erika Preuss captures the work of David Brennan, a funeral home director at Hobbs Funeral Home.