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Title
Storm at Sea
Year
1974
On the day after Christmas in 1933, Ben Wakefield found himself facing a big storm while on the sea. Maureen Campbell and Laurie Smith document Wakefield's story of battling against the winter seas.
Type
published content
Title
What Would You Like, Sir?
Year
1987
Introduction to three articles on how young Mainers feel about working in the tourist trade.
Type
Radio
Title
Back to Pineland
Year
2020
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.
Type
Radio
Title
Back to Pineland
Year
2020
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.
Type
Writing
Title
Garbage
Year
1990
Jennifer Mikulski speaks to individuals about garbage collecting and waste systems.
Type
published content
Title
On the Road with Jeff Herbst
Year
1988
Jeff Herbst takes readers on a journey to Airline Road, to show the people, tales, and landscape.
Type
Radio
Title
Back to Pineland
Year
2020
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.
Type
Photography
Title
Tender Lines
Year
2014
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.
Type
Photography
Title
Living With Glass
Year
2015
Ali Scattergood documents the work of Ben Coombs, a glassblowing artist from Portland.
Type
Photography
Title
Working for the Living
Year
2003
Erika Preuss captures the work of David Brennan, a funeral home director at Hobbs Funeral Home.
Type
Photography
Title
Living in Limbo
Year
2004
Sabrina Haley captures the work of the Troy Jackson, a state representative in Augusta.
Type
Writing
Title
Working for a Living
Year
2003
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.
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