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Portland, Maine
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It's Not Easy Being Green: Representative John Eder's Campaign for Re-Election
Year
2006
As the only Green Party legislator in the state of Maine, John Eder is running for re-election. Anne Phillips captures the work Eder does on his campaign.
Type
Photography
Title
Street Scenes: Tyng & Tate
Year
1989
Tonee Harbert captures the street scenes on Tyng and Tate Streets in Portland.
Type
Photography
Title
51st Barber Photographs
Year
1989
Owner of a barbership in Portland, Danny Mardigian shares his life story and experiences, while Polly Diantha Stone captures images.
Type
Photography
Title
Giant in the Old Port
Year
2004
Kiersten Hanna captures the controversial life of Joe Soley, a landlord in the Old Port District of Portland, who many regard as a slumlord.
Type
Photography
Title
If the Shoe Fits
Year
2004
Allison Wightman documents the work done by Dan Lentz at Roy's Shoes in Portland, highlighting his profession as a cobbler.
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
A Good Day in Prison
Year
2002
Within the Education Department of the Maine State Prison, inmates are offered an opportunity to join a program geared towards giving inmates a way to prepare in rejoin public society. Hilary Niles discusses the Pre-Release Exit Program and the experiences of inmates within the prison.
Type
published content
Title
December 1990 Salt Magazine, Inside Back Cover
Year
1990
Inside back cover for the December 1990 Salt Magazine, with holiday greetings from Maine's financial community.
Type
Photography
Title
I Loved Everything That Wasn't Good For Me Photographs
Year
1976
Growing up in Maine during the prohibition era, Reid Chapman offers to share his story with Salt about how liquor was bootlegged around his town.
Type
published content
Title
I Could Never Call Myself a Yankee
Year
1984
As one of the first Greeks to come to Maine, Pericles Economos became a leader in the Greek community. Pamela Wood recounts how his words inspired stories for this issue regarding ethnic groups in Maine.
Type
Photography
Title
Justice for All
Year
2003
Jessica Hasslen documents the life and work of Jesse Leah Vear, a woman who coordinates P.O.W.E.R. (Portland Organizing to Win Economic Rights).
Type
Photography
Title
Governor Baxter School for the Deaf: Mackworth Island, ME
Year
2000
Michelle Sheppard captures the daily activities and lives of students from Baxter School for the Deaf in Falmouth, Maine.
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