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Portland, Maine
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Title
Soapmaking
Year
1976
Making soap all of her life, Mrs. Joseph Sullivan shows Salt students how her craft is performed. Mrs. Sullivan guides Lorraine Kingsbury and others through the process from the start.
Type
Photography
Title
Sail Making Photographs
Year
1976
Sailmakers by trade, Don and Clarence Hale create sails in their sailmaking shop in Sargentville. Anne Gorham and Anne Pierter documents the work that goes into creating the perfect sail.
Type
Photography
Title
Stone Walls - Part II Photographs
Year
1976
Continuing the story of stone walls, Mark Serreze speaks to Harvey Bixby about the mortared wall. Bixby discusses his work as a mason and creating stone walls.
Type
Photography
Title
Bait Bags Photographs
Year
1976
Knitting bait bags since the age of ten, Ada Foss has been creating them ever since. Anne Pierter visits Foss to learn how to create the bags and the work that goes into each piece.
Type
Photography
Title
Trapping Mittens Photographs
Year
1976
Within one of his lobster traps, Laurence Seavey once caught a mitten. Seavey recounts his story about finding the mitten.
Type
Photography
Title
Tuna Fishing Photographs
Year
1976
Picking up tuna fishing in his early 30s, Ken Hutchins knows tuna like he was one. Betsey Robinson documents his work as a tuna fisherman and the equipment he uses.
Type
Photography
Title
Yankee Contraptions Photographs
Year
1976
With the need for something that could split wood for him, Monty Washburn engineered a contraption that could do it. Kevin Harnden speaks to Washburn about putting together his machine.
Type
Photography
Title
Yankee Wit Photographs
Year
1976
Mark Emerson and Kevin Harnden visit Monty Washburn to hear some of his stories about Maine. Washburn shares some stories showing his humor and wit.
Type
Photography
Title
River Driving on the Kennebec Photographs
Year
1976
As a group project, members of Salt document the topics of river driving, logging, and cooking for loggers.
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
Photography
Title
Gill Netting Photographs
Year
1976
In order to understand how gill netting works, Keith Euler took a trip with Herbert Hutchins out to sea. Euler documents the work Hutchins does with gill nets and how he sticks with netting year round.
Type
Photography
Title
Sea Moss Pudding Photographs
Year
1976
For years, people along the coast of Maine have used sea moss to make pudding. Sandy Frederick and others speak to Marion Webber of Kennebunk to learn how the pudding is made.
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