Photo, Print, Drawing Various buildings and scenes, Allagash, Maine, and St. Francis, Maine

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Title

  • Various buildings and scenes, Allagash, Maine, and St. Francis, Maine

Names

  • Whitman, David A., 1950- (Photographer)

Created / Published

  • Allagash, Maine; St. Francis, Maine, July 24, 1991

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Maine
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Documentary photographs
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- Allagash
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- St. Francis
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- St. John

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: These images document a variety of buildings and scenes in the St. John Valley west of Fort Kent; 1-2, Temporary bridge over the St. John River in Allagash; the original bridge was destroyed by flood in the spring of 1991; 3-4, Scum in small pools formed by the St. John River? this looks like some byproduct of the logging in the area; 5, Temporary bridge across the St. John; 6-7, Catholic church in Allagash; 8-9, House in Allagash painted gray and red, a popular combination of colors; 10-11, Allagash Pentecostal Church; 12, Gray and red house; 13-14, Farmstead on State Highway 161, St. Francis; the house has a large enclosed second-floor gallery; 15-16, St. Charles Catholic Church in St. Francis; built in 1980, this is one of the newest Catholic churches in the area; 17-18, St. Paul Congregational Church in St. Francis; built in the late nineteenth century, this is one of the earliest Protestant churches in the area; 19, St. John Bible Church; several fundamentalist Christian churches have come into existence in the primarily Catholic study area over the last couple of decades; 20, School building converted to a part-time residence in St. John; there were apparently a number of school buildings like this in the area at one time, but only two remain.

Medium

  • 35 mm color slide

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C067
  • Field project identifier: MAP-DW-C067

Source Collection

  • Maine Acadian Cultural Survey collection (AFC 1991/029)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • image

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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:

Whitman, David A. Various buildings and scenes, Allagash, Maine, and St. Francis, Maine. Allagash Aroostook County St. Francis St. John Maine United States, 1991. Allagash, Maine; St. Francis, Maine. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_c067/.

APA citation style:

Whitman, D. A. (1991) Various buildings and scenes, Allagash, Maine, and St. Francis, Maine. Allagash Aroostook County St. Francis St. John Maine United States, 1991. Allagash, Maine; St. Francis, Maine. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_c067/.

MLA citation style:

Whitman, David A. Various buildings and scenes, Allagash, Maine, and St. Francis, Maine. Allagash, Maine; St. Francis, Maine. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_c067/>.