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Photo, Print, Drawing Fred Albert House, Saint David, Maine; Maison Daigle-St-Jean, Clair, New Brunswick

About this Item

Title

  • Fred Albert House, Saint David, Maine; Maison Daigle-St-Jean, Clair, New Brunswick

Names

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

Created / Published

  • Saint David, Maine; Clair, New Brunswick, June 25, 1991 - June 26, 1991

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Maine
  • -  Folklore--New Brunswick
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Documentary photographs
  • -  Canada -- New Brunswick -- Madawaska County -- Clair
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- Saint David

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: These images document the Fred Albert house, a typical midnineteenth century Acadian house, which has been moved to its present site on property owned by the Madawaska Historical Society in St. David, ME; 1-3, Fieldworker Howard Marshall examines and photographs a cupboard in the Albert house; this cupboard, with chamfered panels on the inside of the doors, is a typical Acadian piece; 4, Close-up of cupboard door; 5, Acadian chairs; 6-7, Wash stand and chair; 8, Spinning wheel; 9-10, Back door; again, note the chamfered panels. # 10, Marshall photographs the door; 11-12, Loom and other artifacts, including Acadian textiles; 13-14, Another loom; 15, Front stairs; steeply inclined stairs are typical in houses of this vintage; 16-17, Back stairs; These images document the Maison Daigle-St-Jean, a mid-nineteenth century Acadian house in Clair, New Brunswick, which has been moved and restored by the Clair Historical Society; 18-20, Stove and opening in wall for air circulation

Medium

  • 35 mm color slide

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C018
  • Field project identifier: MAP-DW-C018

Source Collection

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

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • image

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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:

Marshall, Howard W, C. Ray Brassieur, and David A Whitman. Fred Albert House, Saint David, Maine; Maison Daigle-St-Jean, Clair, New Brunswick. Maine Clair United States Saint David Aroostook County Madawaska County Canada New Brunswick, 1991. Saint David, Maine; Clair, New Brunswick, - June 26, 1991. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_c018/.

APA citation style:

Marshall, H. W., Brassieur, C. R. & Whitman, D. A. (1991) Fred Albert House, Saint David, Maine; Maison Daigle-St-Jean, Clair, New Brunswick. Maine Clair United States Saint David Aroostook County Madawaska County Canada New Brunswick, 1991. Saint David, Maine; Clair, New Brunswick, - June 26, 1991. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_c018/.

MLA citation style:

Marshall, Howard W, C. Ray Brassieur, and David A Whitman. Fred Albert House, Saint David, Maine; Maison Daigle-St-Jean, Clair, New Brunswick. Saint David, Maine; Clair, New Brunswick, - June 26, 1991. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_c018/>.