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

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About this Item

Title

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

Names

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

Created / Published

  • St. John River Valley, Maine, July 21, 1991 - July 24, 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; 2-3, Logging trucks in Frenchville, ME; trucking is an important economic activity in the study area; 4-5, Corriveau buckwheat mill, Frenchville. This mill no longer operates; in fact, there is no currently operating buckwheat mill in the study area; 6-9, Equipment no longer in use at Corriveau Mill; 10-14, Corriveau mill; 15-20, Loons on Eagle Lake, photographed from the deck of the camp occupied by fieldworkers Ray Brassieur and David Whitman; 21-24, Eagle Lake, from the deck of the camp; 25-26, A small herd of cattle on a farm on State Highway 11; 27-28, "Acadia Builders" sign, Fort Kent; the owner of this business is not Acadian, and has recently moved to the area from Massachusetts. He chose this name for his business for its identity value; 29-30, Temporary bridge over the St. John River in Allagash, ME; the former bridge was destroyed in the spring, 1990 flood; 31-32, Farmstead in St. Francis, ME; the barn is an interesting one, and the house has an unusual second-floor gallery; 33-34, Former schoolhouse converted to storage, St. Francis; there were apparently a number of schoolhouses of this style in the area at one time, but all except two have been torn down; 35-36, St. Charles Catholic Church, St. Francis; 36a, St. Paul Congregational Church, St. Francis; this is one of the oldest Protestant churches in the study area. A sign on the church proclaims "First gathered in 1886."

Medium

  • 35 mm black-and-white film negatives

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B054
  • Field project identifier: MAP-DW-B054

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:

Whitman, David A. Buildings and scenes, Upper St. John River Valley area, Maine. United States Maine St. John River Valley, 1991. St. John River Valley, Maine, - July 24, 1991. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b054/.

APA citation style:

Whitman, D. A. (1991) Buildings and scenes, Upper St. John River Valley area, Maine. United States Maine St. John River Valley, 1991. St. John River Valley, Maine, - July 24, 1991. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b054/.

MLA citation style:

Whitman, David A. Buildings and scenes, Upper St. John River Valley area, Maine. St. John River Valley, Maine, - July 24, 1991. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b054/>.