Jack of all trades, Isaac Walton’s photographs together with film, oral histories and a compelling musical soundtrack represent northern Maine at the turn-of-the-century.
Simpson’s subjects included the pioneering families and workers living in woods camps and on farms. He photographed the crews constructing and excavating-by-hand- the railroad and the Great Northern Paper Company mill in East Millinocket, workers and families living in tarpaper shacks on “Shack Hill” in Millinocket, shanties, as well as the homes of the well-to-do.
55 minutes
Simpson’s subjects included the pioneering families and workers living in woods camps and on farms. He photographed the crews constructing and excavating-by-hand- the railroad and the Great Northern Paper Company mill in East Millinocket, workers and families living in tarpaper shacks on “Shack Hill” in Millinocket, shanties, as well as the homes of the well-to-do.
55 minutes