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Photo, Print, Drawing Aerial photographs, Upper St. John River Valley, Maine; Katherine "Kitty" Brown house, Wallagrass, Maine

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Title

  • Aerial photographs, Upper St. John River Valley, Maine; Katherine "Kitty" Brown house, Wallagrass, Maine

Names

  • Bayley, Julie (Research team member)
  • Whitman, David A., 1950- (Photographer)

Created / Published

  • St. John River Valley, Maine; Wallagrass, Maine, July 25, 1991 - July 26, 1991

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Maine
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Documentary photographs
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- Wallagrass
  • -  United States -- Maine -- St. John River Valley

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: These images are aerial photographs of various parts of the study area. The flight began at the airport in Frenchville, ME, headed east to Van Buren, proceeded north and west along the St. John River to Fort Kent, then south to Soldier Pond, and finally east over St. Agatha and back to the Frenchville airport; 1, Corriveau buckwheat mill (with tall chimney), Frenchville, ME; the mill is not operating; 2-3, Strip of commercial development along railroad tracks in Frenchville; many of these are warehouse buildings which are no longer in use; 4-17, Farmland and the village of St. Agatha on the shore of Long Lake; the long lot patterns are clearly visible in the layout of the fields and roads; 18, The St. John River Valley, photographed just prior to landing at the Frenchville airport; 19-20, The house of Katherine "Kitty" Brown on State Highway 11 in Wallagrass; Ms. Brown is the mother of Phil Brown, owner of the camp on Eagle Lake occupied by fieldworkers Ray Brassieur and David Whitman. Ms. Brown's son, John, lives with her. The house was first we saw with this gray and red color scheme, which turned out to be a popular combination throughout the study area.

Medium

  • 35 mm color slide

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C074
  • Field project identifier: MAP-DW-C074

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:

Bayley, Julie, and David A Whitman. Aerial photographs, Upper St. John River Valley, Maine; Katherine "Kitty" Brown house, Wallagrass, Maine. Wallagrass United States St. John River Valley Maine Aroostook County, 1991. St. John River Valley, Maine; Wallagrass, Maine, - July 26, 1991. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_c074/.

APA citation style:

Bayley, J. & Whitman, D. A. (1991) Aerial photographs, Upper St. John River Valley, Maine; Katherine "Kitty" Brown house, Wallagrass, Maine. Wallagrass United States St. John River Valley Maine Aroostook County, 1991. St. John River Valley, Maine; Wallagrass, Maine, - July 26, 1991. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_c074/.

MLA citation style:

Bayley, Julie, and David A Whitman. Aerial photographs, Upper St. John River Valley, Maine; Katherine "Kitty" Brown house, Wallagrass, Maine. St. John River Valley, Maine; Wallagrass, Maine, - July 26, 1991. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_c074/>.