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Photo, Print, Drawing Various buildings and scenes, Frenchville, Maine; Wallagrass, Maine

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About this Item

Title

  • Various buildings and scenes, Frenchville, Maine; Wallagrass, Maine

Names

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

Created / Published

  • Frenchville, Maine; Wallagrass, Maine, July 27, 1991 - July 28, 1991

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Maine
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Documentary photographs
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- Wallagrass
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- Frenchville

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: These images document a variety of buildings and scenes; 1-5, Wooden cross at senior citizen residential facility across the road from St. Luce Catholic Church, Frenchville, ME; close-ups in #2-4 show saw marks consistent with pit-sawn lumber; 6, Wrought iron representation of Virgin Mary on exterior wall of residential facility; 7, Presbytery at St. Luce Catholic Church; 8, Chrome ball, a popular yard ornament, Wallagrass; 9-12, A variety of decorative boards used on eaves of houses, Wallagrass; many different patterns of these boards are found throughout the study area; 13, Large rock in yard, Wallagrass; such rocks are often used as decorative items. This one is painted; some are landscaped, and some simply jut up from the yard; 14-15, Members of a group known as Rainbows at a rest area on State Highway 11, Wallagrass; 16, Pump for delivery of well water at rest area; 17, Kendo, a member of the Rainbows; 18-20, A shrine and grottoes at the Catholic church in Soldier Pond

Medium

  • 35 mm color slide

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C079
  • Field project identifier: MAP-DW-C079

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. Various buildings and scenes, Frenchville, Maine; Wallagrass, Maine. United States Aroostook County Maine Frenchville Wallagrass, 1991. Frenchville, Maine; Wallagrass, Maine, - July 28, 1991. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_c079/.

APA citation style:

Brassieur, C. R. & Whitman, D. A. (1991) Various buildings and scenes, Frenchville, Maine; Wallagrass, Maine. United States Aroostook County Maine Frenchville Wallagrass, 1991. Frenchville, Maine; Wallagrass, Maine, - July 28, 1991. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_c079/.

MLA citation style:

Brassieur, C. Ray, and David A Whitman. Various buildings and scenes, Frenchville, Maine; Wallagrass, Maine. Frenchville, Maine; Wallagrass, Maine, - July 28, 1991. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_c079/>.