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Photo, Print, Drawing Maison Morneault, Village Acadien, Van Buren, Maine; House in Van Buren, Maine

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About this Item

Title

  • Maison Morneault, Village Acadien, Van Buren, Maine; House in Van Buren, Maine

Names

  • Brassieur, C. Ray (Research team member)
  • Whitman, David A., 1950- (Photographer)

Created / Published

  • Van Buren, Maine, June 15, 1991

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Maine
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Documentary photographs
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- Van Buren

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: These images document the interior of the Maison Morneault, a nineteenth century house at the Village Acadien; 1-4, Birch bark insulation in the attic; 5-6, Ship's knee connecting the attic floor to the side walls; 7, Beds in the attic; 8-9, Roof support structure; the trusses are joined to the rafter with mortise-and-tenon construction held in place by a wooden peg called a trunnel; 10-13, Various views of the joinery in the attic; Miscellaneous images; 14-15, The truck of Albert Michaud, who sells the birdhouses he makes in the parking lot of the Village Acadien; These images document a visit to the house currently owned by Val Violette in Van Buren, ME; 16-19, Val Violette shows field coordinator Ray Brassieur some of the pieces removed from the house during remodeling; 20-26, Pieces of the house which were removed during remodeling; these pieces show the en coulisse construction methods often employed in the study area; 27-29, Rear of the house; the porch was a later addition, and may represent an enclosure of an outdoor summer kitchen; 30, Brassieur and Violette examine the house; 31-33, Exterior of the house; 34, Brassieur holds a piece removed from the house while talking with Val's wife Ann; These images document a visit to the Village Acadien in Van Buren, ME; 35-36, Fence at the perimeter of the Village

Medium

  • 35 mm black-and-white film negatives

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B007-61299
  • Field project identifier: MAP-DW-B007-61299

Source Collection

  • Maine Acadian Cultural Survey collection (AFC 1991/029)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

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Credit line: Maine Acadian Cultural Survey collection (AFC 1991/029), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Brassieur, C. Ray, and David A Whitman. Maison Morneault, Village Acadien, Van Buren, Maine; House in Van Buren, Maine. United States Maine Van Buren Aroostook County, 1991. Van Buren, Maine. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b007_61299/.

APA citation style:

Brassieur, C. R. & Whitman, D. A. (1991) Maison Morneault, Village Acadien, Van Buren, Maine; House in Van Buren, Maine. United States Maine Van Buren Aroostook County, 1991. Van Buren, Maine. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b007_61299/.

MLA citation style:

Brassieur, C. Ray, and David A Whitman. Maison Morneault, Village Acadien, Van Buren, Maine; House in Van Buren, Maine. Van Buren, Maine. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b007_61299/>.