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Photo, Print, Drawing Various scenes, Upper St. John River area, Maine

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Title

  • Various scenes, Upper St. John River area, Maine

Names

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

Created / Published

  • St. John River Valley, Maine, July 3, 1991 - July 5, 1991

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Maine
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Documentary photographs
  • -  United States -- Maine -- St. John River Valley

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: These images document a variety of scenes; 2-13, Site of former twin barn in Hamlin, ME; the barn was destroyed in a fire just a few days before; 14-16, Main St., downtown Fort Kent, ME; the buildings in downtown Fort Kent sprouted flags for July 4th weekend; 17-19, Patriotic message on downtown gas station, Fort Kent; 21-24, Farmland and farmstead in eastern Fort Kent; 25-29, Abandoned farm equipment, Fort Kent; the number of people in the study area who earn their livelihood from agriculture has steadily declined over the past thirty years; 30-33, Lots of visitors from out-of-state, particularl Connecticut, came to the area on July 4 th weekend. Connecticut has seen a large influx of migrants from northern Maine, a process which began in the Depression of the 1930s. This photograph was taken at Rosette's, a restaurant in Frenchville, ME, where an informal count showed nearly half the cars to have out-of-state license plates; 34-36, Tractor in potato field, Frenchville; 36a, Cars parked in Lavertu Settlement for the Lavertu family reunion; again, lots of Connecticut plates in evidence.

Medium

  • 35 mm black-and-white film negatives

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B029-61419
  • Field project identifier: MAP-DW-B029-61419

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. Various scenes, Upper St. John River area, Maine. St. John River Valley United States Maine, 1991. St. John River Valley, Maine, July 3, - July 5. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b029_61419/.

APA citation style:

Brassieur, C. R. & Whitman, D. A. (1991) Various scenes, Upper St. John River area, Maine. St. John River Valley United States Maine, 1991. St. John River Valley, Maine, July 3, - July 5. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b029_61419/.

MLA citation style:

Brassieur, C. Ray, and David A Whitman. Various scenes, Upper St. John River area, Maine. St. John River Valley, Maine, July 3, - July 5. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b029_61419/>.