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Photo, Print, Drawing Variety of buildings and scenes, Fort Kent, Maine

About this Item

Title

  • Variety of buildings and scenes, Fort Kent, Maine

Names

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

Created / Published

  • Fort Kent, Maine, July 10, 1991

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Maine
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Documentary photographs
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- Fort Kent

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: These images document a variety of buildings and other scenes in Fort Kent; 1-3, A variety of buildings showing the use of the gambrel roof in different contexts; this roof style is widely used in the study area; 4, Decorative eagles on a home; the use of the eagle as a decorative motif is quite common; 5, Ten commandments on a trailer; 6, Decorative eagle on a garage; 7, Many mailboxes are set back to allow for the buildup of snow; 8, Decorative eagle on a carport; 9, Looking north across the St. John River at agricultural land in New Brunswick; 10, House painted in vivid blue/green shade, a common color choice; 11, Another common color used on buildings, a red-brown that could be called oxblood; also note the use of the gambrel roof; 12, A common type of structure behind houses, meant to hold firewood; 13, Another set back mailbox; 14, Mobile home with bright blue/green paint; 15, Mobile home with added roof using gambrel style; 16, Set back mailbox with reflector added to warn snowplow; 17, Barn or garage with gambrel roof; 18, House with bright blue trim; 19, House and shed painted in gray and red; 20, House painted bright blue/green

Medium

  • 35 mm color slide

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C039
  • Field project identifier: MAP-DW-C039

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:

Whitman, David A. Variety of buildings and scenes, Fort Kent, Maine. Aroostook County United States Maine Fort Kent, 1991. Fort Kent, Maine. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_c039/.

APA citation style:

Whitman, D. A. (1991) Variety of buildings and scenes, Fort Kent, Maine. Aroostook County United States Maine Fort Kent, 1991. Fort Kent, Maine. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_c039/.

MLA citation style:

Whitman, David A. Variety of buildings and scenes, Fort Kent, Maine. Fort Kent, Maine. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_c039/>.