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Photo, Print, Drawing Various buildings and scenes, Van Buren, Maine

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Title

  • Various buildings and scenes, Van Buren, Maine

Names

  • Whitman, David A., 1950- (Photographer)

Created / Published

  • Van Buren, Maine, July 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 a variety of buildings and scenes; 1-5, St. Remi Catholic Church, village of Keegan, town of Van Buren, ME; the St. Remi parish was combined with the St. Bruno parish during the summer of 1991, and no services are currently held here; 6-7, Shrine in a yard in Keegan; these shrines are a common sight in the area; 8, Mike's Motors, Keegan; the facade on this garage is usually associated with commercial enterprises such as this, but many residential buildings in the study area also have facades; 9-11, Judy's Beauty Salon, Keegan; many area residents operate small businesses from their residences, and salons are especially common; 12-13, Wrought-iron roadside cross, a croix de chemin. Keegan; this one commemorates the site of an early Catholic church; 14-16, A house with a variety of lawn decorations, including a shrine; 17-18, Al's Neighborhood Store, Keegan; another commercial building with a facade, and another type of business/residence combination often found in the area; 19-20, Shed under construction in Van Buren; the gambrel style roof, locally called colm-casse, is found on a wide variety of buildings; 21, Partially-buried potato house, Hamlin, ME. The use of insulating earth-contact construction is an old and widespread technique; here it is used with a corrugated steel building of relatively recent vintage; 22-23, Spraying potato fields, Hamlin; area growers describe potato farming as input-intensive; 24, Trucks on a farm in Hamlin; many area farmers also do some type of trucking; 25, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hamlin; 26, A small barn in Hamlin; 27, Buildings with facades on residential property in Hamlin; 28, Health care facility, Van Buren; a part of this facility is called L'Acadie; 29-30, Sign advertising buckwheat flour for sale in Van Buren; buckwheat flour is used to make ploves. a traditional Acadian food. No one was home, and I was unable to determine if the flour is actually sold here; 31, "Parking to see Indians" sign in a vacant lot across the road from the Village Acadien, where Native American Day had been held on the previous day; 32-33, An abandoned potato house by the railroad tracks in Van Buren; many of these warehouses, in which the produce was stored prior to shipment, are standing but no longer in use; 34, Sign at the Village Acadien in Van Buren; 35-36, A roadside cross, or croix de chemin. near the Village Acadien

Medium

  • 35 mm black-and-white film negatives

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B046-4021
  • Field project identifier: MAP-DW-B046-4021

Source Collection

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

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

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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:

Whitman, David A. Various buildings and scenes, Van Buren, Maine. Maine United States Aroostook County Van Buren, 1991. Van Buren, Maine. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b046_4021/.

APA citation style:

Whitman, D. A. (1991) Various buildings and scenes, Van Buren, Maine. Maine United States Aroostook County Van Buren, 1991. Van Buren, Maine. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b046_4021/.

MLA citation style:

Whitman, David A. Various buildings and scenes, Van Buren, Maine. Van Buren, Maine. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b046_4021/>.