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Photo, Print, Drawing Gilbert Perrault house, Wallagrass, Maine; Documentation of various barns and buildings, Upper St. John River area, Maine

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Title

  • Gilbert Perrault house, Wallagrass, Maine; Documentation of various barns and buildings, Upper St. John River area, Maine

Names

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

Created / Published

  • Wallagrass, Maine; Upper St. John River area, Maine, June 17, 1991

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Maine
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Documentary photographs
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- Fort Kent
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- Wallagrass
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- Hamlin

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: These images document a house on the property of Gilbert Perrault in Wallagrass, ME. See MAP-DW-B007 for more information; 1-2, Door for carriage access at rear of house; 3-5, Perrault house as seen from State Highway 11; These images document a variety of buildings and scenes photographed while on a tour of the area with Julie Bayly and Patrick Ouellette; 6-9, Twin barn, a type found in several locations in the study area; 10, Fieldworkers Ray Brassieur and Lisa Ornstein investigate the barn with Pat Ouellette; 11, Julie Bayly photographs the barn; 12, Brassieur and Ornstein; 13-18, Corners of walls and roof of barn; 19-21, Assorted tools and equipment inside the barn; 22-23, Farmland; 24-28, Another twin barn, this one in Hamlin, ME; the gambrel roof (locally called colm-casse) is less frequent on twin barns than is the simple gabled roof, although it is a common roof type in the study area; 29-30, Interior of Hamlin twin barn; the lack of a ridgepole is nearly a nearly universal feature of area barns. The arched windows are unusual; 32-33, Side view, Hamlin twin barn; 34-36, Abandoned house across the road from Hamlin twin barn [July, 1991: the Hamlin twin barn was completely destroyed in a fire; arson is suspected.]

Medium

  • 35 mm black-and-white film negatives

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B009-61305
  • Field project identifier: MAP-DW-B009-61305

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, Lisa Ornstein, and David A Whitman. Gilbert Perrault house, Wallagrass, Maine; Documentation of various barns and buildings, Upper St. John River area, Maine. Wallagrass Maine Hamlin United States Aroostook County Fort Kent, 1991. Wallagrass, Maine; Upper St. John River area, Maine. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b009_61305/.

APA citation style:

Brassieur, C. R., Ornstein, L. & Whitman, D. A. (1991) Gilbert Perrault house, Wallagrass, Maine; Documentation of various barns and buildings, Upper St. John River area, Maine. Wallagrass Maine Hamlin United States Aroostook County Fort Kent, 1991. Wallagrass, Maine; Upper St. John River area, Maine. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b009_61305/.

MLA citation style:

Brassieur, C. Ray, Lisa Ornstein, and David A Whitman. Gilbert Perrault house, Wallagrass, Maine; Documentation of various barns and buildings, Upper St. John River area, Maine. Wallagrass, Maine; Upper St. John River area, Maine. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b009_61305/>.