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Photo, Print, Drawing Festival of Our Lady Of Loreto, Holy Ghost Park, Lowell, Massachusetts

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About this Item

Title

  • Festival of Our Lady Of Loreto, Holy Ghost Park, Lowell, Massachusetts

Names

  • DeNatale, Douglas (Research team member)
  • Rankin, Tom (Research team member)
  • Norkunas, Martha K. (Research team member)
  • Lueders-Booth, John, 1935- (Photographer)

Created / Published

  • September 6, 1987

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Massachusetts
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Documentary photographs
  • -  United States -- Massachusetts -- Lowell

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: All of the following photographs wt re made Holy Ghost Park on the occasion of the St. Anthony's church celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Loretto. 1-2, Elderly man on left, scowling at camera, and band members on right, along wooden railing; 3, Rear view of people sitting on benches with some children seemingly promenading in a kind of courtyard; 4-6, Views of teenage girls organized around infant in baby carriage. 6 might be a good photograph; 7-8, Community scene organized around central elderly woman; 9, Bench scene with middle-aged band member staring directly into the camera; 10-11, Community scene organized around central elderly woman. 11 is a good photo.

Medium

  • 35 mm black-and-white film negatives

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1987/042: LFP-JB-201

Source Collection

  • Lowell Folklife Project collection (AFC 1987/042)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Online Format

  • image

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Credit line: Lowell Folklife Project collection (AFC 1987/042), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

DeNatale, Douglas, Tom Rankin, Martha K Norkunas, and John Lueders-Booth. Festival of Our Lady Of Loreto, Holy Ghost Park, Lowell, Massachusetts. Massachusetts Lowell United States, 1987. September 6. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1987042_jb_201/.

APA citation style:

Denatale, D., Rankin, T., Norkunas, M. K. & Lueders-Booth, J. (1987) Festival of Our Lady Of Loreto, Holy Ghost Park, Lowell, Massachusetts. Massachusetts Lowell United States, 1987. September 6. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1987042_jb_201/.

MLA citation style:

DeNatale, Douglas, et al. Festival of Our Lady Of Loreto, Holy Ghost Park, Lowell, Massachusetts. September 6. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1987042_jb_201/>.