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Photo, Print, Drawing Fred Albert house, Saint David, Maine; Maison Daigle-St-Jean, Clair, New Brunswick

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About this Item

Title

  • Fred Albert house, Saint David, Maine; Maison Daigle-St-Jean, Clair, New Brunswick

Names

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

Created / Published

  • Saint David, Maine; Clair, New Brunswick, June 25, 1991 - June 26, 1991

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Maine
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Documentary photographs
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- Saint David
  • -  United States -- New Brunswick -- Madawaska County -- Clair

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: These images document a woven mat which was found in the walls of the Fred Albert house. The origin of the mat is uncertain; it is currently displayed in a glass case in the Albert house in St. David, ME; 2-3, Mat on floor of Albert house; 4-6, Details of mat's construction; 7-8, Close-up of corner of mat Ernie Chasse; 9-10, Ernie Chasse sits in the office in his home in St. David, ME; These images document a visit to the Maison Daigle-St-Jean in Clair, New Brunswick. The maison is a mid-nineteenth house which has been moved to its present site and restored; 11-12, Exterior, front view; 13-14, Exterior, side view; 15-18, Porch railings, cornice; 16-18, Front door; 19-22, Ship's knee amid various artifacts on the second floor; 23, Exhibit cases, stairway to small loft; 24-25, Roof support structure, hewn rafters and trusses; some original rafters and trusses have been replaced; 26-28, Tool on exhibit; 29, Field coordinator Ray Brassieur examines a ship's knee; 30-31, Frame timbers; the rectangular hole was once part of the mortise-and-tenon joinery used throughout the house; 33-end, Device for breaking flax, with drawing depicting flaxbreaking

Medium

  • 35 mm black-and-white film negatives

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B016-61303
  • Field project identifier: MAP-DW-B016-61303

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:

Marshall, Howard W, C. Ray Brassieur, Lisa Ornstein, and David A Whitman. Fred Albert house, Saint David, Maine; Maison Daigle-St-Jean, Clair, New Brunswick. New Brunswick Saint David Maine Clair Madawaska County United States Aroostook County, 1991. Saint David, Maine; Clair, New Brunswick, - June 26, 1991. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b016_61303/.

APA citation style:

Marshall, H. W., Brassieur, C. R., Ornstein, L. & Whitman, D. A. (1991) Fred Albert house, Saint David, Maine; Maison Daigle-St-Jean, Clair, New Brunswick. New Brunswick Saint David Maine Clair Madawaska County United States Aroostook County, 1991. Saint David, Maine; Clair, New Brunswick, - June 26, 1991. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b016_61303/.

MLA citation style:

Marshall, Howard W, et al. Fred Albert house, Saint David, Maine; Maison Daigle-St-Jean, Clair, New Brunswick. Saint David, Maine; Clair, New Brunswick, - June 26, 1991. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b016_61303/>.