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Photo, Print, Drawing St. Agatha Catholic Church and other scenes, St. Agatha, Maine; Adrien Morin, potato and barrel maker, Saint David, Maine

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Title

  • St. Agatha Catholic Church and other scenes, St. Agatha, Maine; Adrien Morin, potato and barrel maker, Saint David, Maine

Names

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

Created / Published

  • St. Agatha, Maine; Saint David, Maine, July 27, 1991

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Maine
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Documentary photographs
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- Saint David
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- St. Agatha

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: A variety of scenes in St. Agatha, ME; 1-2, St. Agatha Catholic Church; 3, Monfort Heights, a former convent in St. Agatha converted to a residential facility for senior citizens; 4, Shrine over doorway, Monfort Heights; 5, Plaque on St. Agatha Catholic Church; 6, Church cornerstone; 7, Decorative stonework on church; 8, Babe's Water pump Service, St. Agatha, an example of how people in the study area have incorporated businesses into their homes; These images document a visit to Adrien Morin, a potato farmer and barrel maker in St. David, ME. Mr. Morin is one of the only remaining makers of wooden potato barrels, which were once used on a large scale for harvesting potatoes; 9-11, Adrien Morin shows field coordinator Ray Brassieur some of the equipment used to cut staves; 12, Equipment for making staves; 13-16, Equipment used in making wooden hoops. #15-16, Morin demonstrates some techniques to Brassieur; 17-18, Adrien's son Ray shows how a barrel is assembled; 19, Morin shows a finished barrel to Brassieur; 20, Ray Morin assembles a barrel.

Medium

  • 35 mm color slide

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C076
  • Field project identifier: MAP-DW-C076

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:

Brassieur, C. Ray, and David A Whitman. St. Agatha Catholic Church and other scenes, St. Agatha, Maine; Adrien Morin, potato and barrel maker, Saint David, Maine. St. Agatha United States Aroostook County Saint David Maine, 1991. St. Agatha, Maine; Saint David, Maine. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_c076/.

APA citation style:

Brassieur, C. R. & Whitman, D. A. (1991) St. Agatha Catholic Church and other scenes, St. Agatha, Maine; Adrien Morin, potato and barrel maker, Saint David, Maine. St. Agatha United States Aroostook County Saint David Maine, 1991. St. Agatha, Maine; Saint David, Maine. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_c076/.

MLA citation style:

Brassieur, C. Ray, and David A Whitman. St. Agatha Catholic Church and other scenes, St. Agatha, Maine; Adrien Morin, potato and barrel maker, Saint David, Maine. St. Agatha, Maine; Saint David, Maine. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_c076/>.