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Portland, Maine
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Photography
Title
St. Peter's Church
Year
1993
Anne Leighton Massoni captures images of St. Peter's Church in Portland.
Type
Multimedia
Title
Elements of Style
Year
2013
Behind all of the graffiti and tagging in Portland, there is a complex and exclusive subculture. Steven Jackson highlights how the members of this community are artists dedicated to their artform and its governing rules.
Type
published content
Title
Hard Work and Persistence: Junior Miller
Year
1983
Looking for a way for Eastport to boost morale, Junior Miller sees the Maine Trades Center as a good way to accomplish that goal. Pamela Wood speaks to Miller regarding vocational training and the Eastport Port Authority.
Type
published content
Title
Opening of Art Show, Portland, 1992
Year
1995
Kate D. Philbrick captures a photograph of friends at the opening of an art show.
Type
Multimedia
Title
The Hobo Jungle
Year
2012
On a forgotten section of the west end waterfront in Portland, a transient population has made a place for themselves known as the Hobo Jungle. Penn Chan documents how the transient community works together for each other in order to survive.
Type
published content
Title
Broccoli Harvest
Year
1993
Kristin Atwell documents the lives of migrant workers from Mexico to the Philippines who come to Maine to harvest acres of broccoli. She explores how these newcomers to the Aroostook community brought forth interest, as well as some difficulties.
Type
Photography
Title
In the Middle
Year
2009
Jess Sheldon documents the life of Ikran Mohamod, a 17 year-old Somali immigrant who lives in Portland.
Type
Writing
Title
Turner Spring
Year
1994
Lucille Rossignol captures the stories of people who grew up in Turner, Maine, and reveals a sample of life in a small town.
Type
Writing
Title
Like My Father Before Me: A Young Man Hangs Onto Hope as Industry Flees His Hometown
Year
2010
Type
Writing
Title
Family Logging
Year
1995
Melissa Falcon documents the life of the Weese family and their role in the community of Athens, Maine. Falcon discusses working in the woods and personal stories.
Type
published content
Title
Ida
Year
1977
Standing at four and a half feet tall, Ida Allen can stand up for herself. Anne Gorham documents Allen's life as the daughter of a settler and growing up in the wilderness of Maine.
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.
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