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Photo, Print, Drawing Village Acadien, Van Buren, Maine; Albert Michaud; Gilbert Perrault; Gilbert Perrault, Wallagrass, Maine

About this Item

Title

  • Village Acadien, Van Buren, Maine; Albert Michaud; Gilbert Perrault; Gilbert Perrault, Wallagrass, Maine

Names

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

Created / Published

  • Van Buren, Maine; Wallagrass, Maine, June 15, 1991

Headings

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

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: These images document a visit to the Village Acadien, a collection of buildings which has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. All of the historic buildings have been moved to the site from elsewhere in the study area; 2-4, Roy house, piece-sur-piece log construction; apparently the corner joints of this house were partially sawn through so that it could be moved, and it was then reconstructed. Detail of the joinery is probably not historically accurate; 7-9, Maison Morneault, a typical Acadian house of midnineteenth century construction; the current house probably represents an enlargement of the original structure. The small addition on the far side once served as a post office; 10-19, Other buildings at the Village, including a house (11-12), a barn (13-14), a reconstruction of a log church (15-16), and a schoolhouse (17); 20-21, Field coordinator Ray Brassieur talks with birdhouse maker Albert Michaud, who sells his birdhouses from this truck parked in the lot at the Village Acadien; These images document a house and barn on the property of Gilbert Perrault in Wallagrass, ME; 22-23, Exterior of barn; Perrault (left) points out features of the barn to Brassieur; 24-28, Exterior of the house; the long and narrow proportions of this house are unusual for the study area. The large door at the rear provided carriage access; 29-30, Interior of the barn; 31-33, Sliding double doors on the barn; there is a set of double doors on each side; 34-35, Sliding mechanism on barn doors; small grooved iron wheels slid along an iron guide rail. 3 6-36a Exterior of the barn. Note that part of the lower half is sided with shakes, which provided superior insulation for the livestock kept in this section of the barn.

Medium

  • 35 mm black-and-white film negatives

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B008-61306
  • Field project identifier: MAP-DW-B008-61306

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. Village Acadien, Van Buren, Maine; Albert Michaud; Gilbert Perrault; Gilbert Perrault, Wallagrass, Maine. Aroostook County Maine Wallagrass United States Van Buren, 1991. Van Buren, Maine; Wallagrass, Maine. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b008_61306/.

APA citation style:

Brassieur, C. R. & Whitman, D. A. (1991) Village Acadien, Van Buren, Maine; Albert Michaud; Gilbert Perrault; Gilbert Perrault, Wallagrass, Maine. Aroostook County Maine Wallagrass United States Van Buren, 1991. Van Buren, Maine; Wallagrass, Maine. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b008_61306/.

MLA citation style:

Brassieur, C. Ray, and David A Whitman. Village Acadien, Van Buren, Maine; Albert Michaud; Gilbert Perrault; Gilbert Perrault, Wallagrass, Maine. Van Buren, Maine; Wallagrass, Maine. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b008_61306/>.