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Photo, Print, Drawing Midsommar Festival, New Sweden, Maine; Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church and presbytery, Lille, Maine; Village Acadien. Van Buren, Maine

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Title

  • Midsommar Festival, New Sweden, Maine; Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church and presbytery, Lille, Maine; Village Acadien. Van Buren, Maine

Names

  • Brassieur, C. Ray (Photographer)

Created / Published

  • New Sweden, Maine; Lille, Maine; Fort Kent, Maine; Van Buren, Maine, 1991

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Maine
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Documentary photographs
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- Fort Kent
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- Van Buren
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- New Sweden
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- Lille

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: These images document a visit to New Sweden, ME, during the Midsommar Festival; 1-2, Log house which is being restored by the New Sweden Historical Society; 3-4, Lars Noak Blacksmith Shop; a museum of the Historical Society; 5-7, Artifacts in the Historical Society Museum in the rebuilt Capitol; #7, a young resident named Sven Bondeson, who guided us on our visit; 8, Garlanded Maypole outside the Capitol; 9-12, Capitol and Maypole; This image documents Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church and presbytery in Lille, ME; 13, Church and presbytery; local historian and folklorist don Cyr lives in the presbytery, and he is in the process of restoring the church; 14-16, Fort Kent Blockhouse, Fort Kent, ME; log blockhouse constructed 1839-40. On the National Register of Historic Places; These images document the Village Acadien in Van Buren, ME; 17-20, Maison Ouellette, a typical nineteenth century Acadian house

Medium

  • 35 mm color slide

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1991/029: RB-C003
  • Field project identifier: MAP-RB-C003

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. Midsommar Festival, New Sweden, Maine; Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church and presbytery, Lille, Maine; Village Acadien. Van Buren, Maine. United States Lille New Sweden Fort Kent Maine Van Buren Aroostook County, 1991. New Sweden, Maine; Lille, Maine; Fort Kent, Maine; Van Buren, Maine. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_rb_c003/.

APA citation style:

Brassieur, C. R. (1991) Midsommar Festival, New Sweden, Maine; Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church and presbytery, Lille, Maine; Village Acadien. Van Buren, Maine. United States Lille New Sweden Fort Kent Maine Van Buren Aroostook County, 1991. New Sweden, Maine; Lille, Maine; Fort Kent, Maine; Van Buren, Maine. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_rb_c003/.

MLA citation style:

Brassieur, C. Ray. Midsommar Festival, New Sweden, Maine; Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church and presbytery, Lille, Maine; Village Acadien. Van Buren, Maine. New Sweden, Maine; Lille, Maine; Fort Kent, Maine; Van Buren, Maine. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_rb_c003/>.