3 vintage photos capture Portland Head Light in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s ⁠3%

By Aimsel Ponti⁠1%

8/3/2026, 3:00:00 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 7 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Halo Effect, with Availability Heuristic as the most egregious example at 15.3% saturation with 32 hits. Analysis detected 190 faulty-reasoning hits from 209 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 9.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠3% (28,901 of 29,795 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 97.00% of the article peer group.

Portland Head Light at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth is Maine’s oldest lighthouse and a historic and popular tourist attraction with a gorgeous cliff walk and sweeping ocean views. 
Construction of Portland Head Light began in 1787. 
In the aftermath of a shipwreck, local residents petitioned the legislature of what was then Massachusetts to build it. 
The lighthouse was completed in 1791. 
Here are three photos that show visitors enjoying the lighthouse and surrounding area in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s. 
In this Portland Press Herald photo on Aug. 
18, 1958, Joan Barker visits Portland Head Light with John Colizzi. 
It was the first visit to Maine for both of them. 
(Charles H. 
Merrill/Staff Photographer, courtesy Portland Public Library Special Collections and Archives) 
In this photo in the Evening Express on Aug. 
20, 1961, Mrs. 
Lester F. 
Brown from Intervale, New Hampshire stands in front of Portland Head Light with her children Carl and Wendy. 
(Photo courtesy Portland Public Library Special Collections and Archives) 
In this Portland Press Herald photo on Oct. 21, 1972, out-of-state visitors observe the surf off Portland Head Light. 
(Charles H. 
Merrill/Staff Photographer, courtesy Portland Public Library Special Collections and Archives) 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 2.0%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.7%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 15.3%Aimsel Ponti: 3.8%The Portland Press Herald: 2.2%Availability Heuristic15.3%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.6%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.2%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 1.3%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 15.3%Aimsel Ponti: 3.8%The Portland Press Herald: 3.1%Framing Effect15.3%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.6%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.4%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 3.0%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.7%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 14.4%Aimsel Ponti: 3.6%The Portland Press Herald: 2.3%Negativity Bias14.4%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 1.0%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.5%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.0%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 1.2%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 14.4%Aimsel Ponti: 3.6%The Portland Press Herald: 2.6%Halo Effect14.4%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 1.3%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.3%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.3%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 2.6%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 1.1%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.0%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 2.0%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.0%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.4%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 2.9%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.7%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 9.1%Aimsel Ponti: 2.3%The Portland Press Herald: 2.1%Anecdotal9.1%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 8.1%Aimsel Ponti: 2.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.6%Unattributed Quote8.1%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.6%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 14.4%Aimsel Ponti: 3.6%The Portland Press Herald: 3.5%Biased Writer Voice14.4%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 1.4%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 1.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Aimsel Ponti: 0.0%The Portland Press Herald: 0.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

209 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker14%attributed speech180writer words
0%flagged-word coverage
29 attributed words100% of attributed speech44% writer coverage
0%10.0%20.0%Biased Writer Voice-16.7 ptsWriter: 16.7%Portland Public Library Special Collections and Archives: 0.0%0.0%Unattributed Quote-9.4 ptsWriter: 9.4%Portland Public Library Special Collections and Archives: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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