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

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About this Item

Title

  • Various buildings and scenes, Van Buren, Maine, and Grand Isle, Maine

Names

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

Created / Published

  • Van Buren, Maine; Grand Isle, Maine, July 16, 1991

Headings

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

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: These images document a variety of buildings and scenes; 2-3, Sign on a barn on the farm of Bert Sirois in Keegan village, town of Van Buren, ME; these custom-painted signs are found on most farms in the area; 4-5, A large L-shaped house in Keegan; this configuration, or variations of it, are a type found throughout the study area. Several presbyteries (e.g. Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Lille, ME) are built in this style; 6-7, House with lateral addition, Keegan; this is one of the most frequently found addition types; 8-10, Ste-Anne-de-Madawaska Catholic Church in New Brunswick, photographed from U.S. Highway 1; 11-12, Barn with double gambrel roof, Grand Isle, ME; this roof style, locally called colm-casse, is found on a variety of buildings, but this configuration is unusual; 13-14, House with lateral addition, Grand Isle; 15-16, A large L-shaped house in Grand Isle; 17-18, The Gun Hospital, Grand Isle; area residents operate a variety of businesses from their homes; 19-20, House with lateral addition, Grand Isle; 21-22, Catholic church in Grand Isle; 23-24, House with lateral addition, Grand Isle; 25-26, Shrine in a yard in Grand Isle; these shrines are found throughout the study area; 27-28, Shed with gambrel (colm-casse) roof, Grand Isle; 29-30, Large L-shaped house, Grand Isle; 31-32, House with lateral addition, Madawaska, ME; 33-34, Variation on L-shaped house configuration, Madawaska; this example has a gabled roof instead of the more commonly seen hipped roof; 35-36, Large L-shaped houses in Madawaska

Medium

  • 35 mm black-and-white film negatives

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B047-4025
  • Field project identifier: MAP-DW-B047-4025

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, and Grand Isle, Maine. Van Buren Maine Aroostook County Grand Isle United States, 1991. Van Buren, Maine; Grand Isle, Maine. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b047_4025/.

APA citation style:

Whitman, D. A. (1991) Various buildings and scenes, Van Buren, Maine, and Grand Isle, Maine. Van Buren Maine Aroostook County Grand Isle United States, 1991. Van Buren, Maine; Grand Isle, Maine. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b047_4025/.

MLA citation style:

Whitman, David A. Various buildings and scenes, Van Buren, Maine, and Grand Isle, Maine. Van Buren, Maine; Grand Isle, Maine. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b047_4025/>.