Photo, Print, Drawing Adrien Morin, potato grower and barrel maker, Saint David, Maine

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Title

  • Adrien Morin, potato grower and barrel maker, Saint David, Maine

Names

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

Created / Published

  • Saint David, Maine, July 27, 1991

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Maine
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Documentary photographs
  • -  United States -- Maine -- Aroostook County -- Saint David

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: These images document a visit to potato grower and barrel maker Adrien Morin in St. David, ME. See MAP-DW-C076 for more information; 1-4, Adrien's son Ray demonstrates how a barrel is assembled; the large wheel is turned to apply the necessary pressure on a band which forces the staves together; then, a hoop is slipped over the staves; 5, Equipment used in final assembly; 6-7, Finished potato barrels; 8-10, Field coordinator Ray Brassieur discusses the operation with the Morins; 11-12, see #5; 13, Building which houses part of the barrel making operation; 14, Morin's truck; 15-16, Sign for the barrel-making business; 17, A variety of trucks on the Morin farm; 18, The building in which staves are made; 19, Chair made from part of a barrel; 20, Painting of potato barrels in Morin's office; artist unknown

Medium

  • 35 mm color slide

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C077
  • Field project identifier: MAP-DW-C077

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:

Brassieur, C. Ray, and David A Whitman. Adrien Morin, potato grower and barrel maker, Saint David, Maine. Aroostook County Saint David United States Maine, 1991. Saint David, Maine. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_c077/.

APA citation style:

Brassieur, C. R. & Whitman, D. A. (1991) Adrien Morin, potato grower and barrel maker, Saint David, Maine. Aroostook County Saint David United States Maine, 1991. Saint David, Maine. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_c077/.

MLA citation style:

Brassieur, C. Ray, and David A Whitman. Adrien Morin, potato grower and barrel maker, Saint David, Maine. Saint David, Maine. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_c077/>.