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Photo, Print, Drawing Various buildings and scenes, Madawasaka, Maine, and Eagle Lake, Maine

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About this Item

Title

  • Various buildings and scenes, Madawasaka, Maine, and Eagle Lake, Maine

Names

  • Brassieur, C. Ray (Photographer)

Created / Published

  • Madawaska, Maine; Eagle Lake, Maine, 1991

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Maine
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Documentary photographs
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- Eagle Lake
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- Madawaska

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: These images document a variety of buildings and scenes; 1, Sign at Bob's Service Center, Madawaska, ME, welcoming Sirois/Duplessis family reunion; 2-3, House in Madawaska; this red/brown color is popular throughout the study area; 4, A variety of bright blue/green shades are seen on buildings; 5, House with red/brown trim; 6, House with red/brown paint; 7, Two popular color schemes, the green on the house and the red and gray combination on the truck; 8, Tennis court in Madawaska; 9, One of the Keystone Kops helps direct traffic at an Acadian Festival event; 10, American and Maine flags on a garage on Eagle Lake, ME; 11, Small motor boat on Eagle Lake, typical of many craft operated on area lakes; 12, Folks sit on a dock on Eagle Lake; 13, Wheeled dock on Eagle Lake; these are locally sometimes called a quai (quay). The wheels enable the dock to be pulled from the water before the winter freeze, thus averting ice damage; 14, Enjoying the shore and water, Eagle Lake; 15, Small motorboat, Eagle Lake; 16, Motorboat on Eagle Lake; 17, Pontoon boat used for tours of Eagle Lake, this boat operates out of the Old Mill Marina; 18, Motorboat, Eagle Lake; 19-20, Pontoon tour boat departs.

Medium

  • 35 mm color slide

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1991/029: RB-C006
  • Field project identifier: MAP-RB-C006

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. Various buildings and scenes, Madawasaka, Maine, and Eagle Lake, Maine. Eagle Lake Maine Madawaska United States Aroostook County, 1991. Madawaska, Maine; Eagle Lake, Maine. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_rb_c006/.

APA citation style:

Brassieur, C. R. (1991) Various buildings and scenes, Madawasaka, Maine, and Eagle Lake, Maine. Eagle Lake Maine Madawaska United States Aroostook County, 1991. Madawaska, Maine; Eagle Lake, Maine. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_rb_c006/.

MLA citation style:

Brassieur, C. Ray. Various buildings and scenes, Madawasaka, Maine, and Eagle Lake, Maine. Madawaska, Maine; Eagle Lake, Maine. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_rb_c006/>.