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Photo, Print, Drawing Acadian vernacular architecture, on Maine 11, Upper Saint John River area, Maine

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Title

  • Acadian vernacular architecture, on Maine 11, Upper Saint John River area, Maine

Names

  • Marshall, Howard W. (Photographer)

Created / Published

  • St. John River Valley, Maine, June 29, 1991

Headings

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

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: 1-2, Acadian cottage of the early type, with fine galleries, on Maine 11 near Soldier Pond; 3-11, "La Vielle Maison," the Perreault farm, near Wallagrass on Maine 11: the frame house, c.1885; it is shingled entirely; dwelling is in the form of a familiar British Isles dwelling with different functional spaces; here, there is a small room for firewood and the garage is at the far gable end; 12-21, a fine three-bay Acadian frame barn at Perreault farm; its exterior was shingled; 22-24, owner Phyllis Perreault and her father, Roland Perreault (who lived here as a child with his aunt, a Michaud), with Mr. Perreault's old Oliver tractor; 25-27, landscape of the Perreault farmstead; 28-30, view of valley and Plourdes Store on Maine 11 n. of Soldier Pond; 31-36, Plourdes Store, a modified Acadian piece-sur-piece cottage

Medium

  • 35 mm black-and-white film negatives

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1991/029: HM-B019-61322
  • Field project identifier: MAP-HM-B019-61322

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:

Marshall, Howard W. Acadian vernacular architecture, on Maine 11, Upper Saint John River area, Maine. United States Maine St. John River Valley, 1991. St. John River Valley, Maine. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_hm_b019_61322/.

APA citation style:

Marshall, H. W. (1991) Acadian vernacular architecture, on Maine 11, Upper Saint John River area, Maine. United States Maine St. John River Valley, 1991. St. John River Valley, Maine. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_hm_b019_61322/.

MLA citation style:

Marshall, Howard W. Acadian vernacular architecture, on Maine 11, Upper Saint John River area, Maine. St. John River Valley, Maine. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_hm_b019_61322/>.