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

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Title

  • Various buildings and scenes, Upper St. John River Valley area, Maine

Names

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

Created / Published

  • St. John River Valley, Maine, July 16, 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 buildings and scenes; 1-2, Two small garages with facades in St. David village; such facades are usually associated with commercial properties, but in the study area a large number of structures on residential property have this feature; 3-4, Fred Albert house in St. David, a mid-nineteenth century house which has been moved to its present location on property owned by the Madawaska Historical Society and restored; 5, St. David Catholic Church; 6-7, This large elm tree was used by former railroad conductor Bob Labonte to mark the approach to Madawaska; 8-9, Looking across the bottomland of the St. John River valley in St. David, the Centre universitaire St-Louis-Maillet in Edmunston, New Brunswick, is visible in the distance; 10-11, Religious statuary, popular lawn ornaments in the study area, are sold at Bob's Neighborhood Store in Madawaska; 12-14, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Madawaska; 15-16, Street sign at the corner of 5th and Evangeline Streets in Madawaska; Evangeline is the title heroine of Longfellow's poem about the Acadians; 17-19, Evangeline School in Madawaska; 20-21, Acadia School, Madawaska; 22-23, Sign in French bn a gas station in Madawaska; although nearly every adult in the study area speaks French, business signs in. French are not common in Maine; 24-25, Frenchville Starch Factory, Frenchville, ME, closed a few years ago; there is also an abandoned starch factory in Fort Kent, ME; 26-27, Sign on L. Dumais and Sons farm, Frenchville, ME; the picture of the truck and use of the term shipper typical, as many farmers are involved with trucking as well. Note the semi-trailer parked in front of the barn; 28, Trucks belonging to C. L. Roy and Sons, Frenchville; trucking by both farmers and independent operators is an important economic activity; 29-30, Sign on a barn on the farm of Edwin Pelletier and Sons, Frenchville, ME; 31-32, Parked across the street from the Pelletier barn is one of their trucks; 33-34, Classic Casuals, a clothing store in a home in Frenchville; many area residents operate small businesses at their homes; 35-36, St. Luce Catholic Church, Frenchville

Medium

  • 35 mm black-and-white film negatives

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B048-4024
  • Field project identifier: MAP-DW-B048-4024

Source Collection

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

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

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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, Upper St. John River Valley area, Maine. Maine United States St. John River Valley, 1991. St. John River Valley, Maine. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b048_4024/.

APA citation style:

Whitman, D. A. (1991) Various buildings and scenes, Upper St. John River Valley area, Maine. Maine United States St. John River Valley, 1991. St. John River Valley, Maine. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b048_4024/.

MLA citation style:

Whitman, David A. Various buildings and scenes, Upper St. John River Valley area, Maine. St. John River Valley, Maine. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b048_4024/>.