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Series 3: Graphic materials (continued)
Color slides (continued)
Potato houses and scenes, St. Agatha, Maine (continued)
Digital content available: afc1991029_hm_c016
20 35mm color slides
Log missing
Call number: AFC 1991/029: HM-C017 Phyllis Perreault farm, Wallagrass, Maine; Maison Alexis Cyr, Saint-Basile, New Brunswick, June 29, 1991
Photographer: Howard W. Marshall
Digital content available: afc1991029_hm_c017
20 35mm color slides
The St. Basile, NB, log buildings are important; 1-4, Phyllis Perreault farm, Wallagrass on Me. 11, continued: frame shingled house, "La Vielle Maison," ca. 1885; dwelling is 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; 2, Phyllis Perreault and her father, Roland Perreault * SEND TWO COURTESY PRINTS OF THIS SLIDE TO Mr. Roland Perreault, RR 1, Box 1266, Soldier Pond, Maine 04781; 5, St. John River from the New Brunswick side, north of St. Basile at at Baker Brook; 6-10, historic site at the St. Basile cemetery, on the St. John River directly across from St. David (Madawaska), Me.: c. 1800 Maison Alexis Cyr log house reconstructed at this site; 11—13, memorial chapel at the Alexis Cyr house site, built in 1960 to honor the Acadian settlers here; it is a modern variant of piece-surpiece en colombage construction; 14-17, details on the Maison Alexis Cyr: handwrought iron thumb latches, memorial plaque on the wall; 18-20, memorial chapel, continued: plaque on exterior wall, sign on exterior wall, view of St. John River and Maine from the site.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: HM-C018 St. Basille Pioneer's Memorial Chapel, houses, and landscape, Saint-Basile, New Brunswick; Farmstead in Riviere Verte, New Brunswick; Church, St. Leonard, New Brunswick, June 29, 1991
Photographer: Howard W. Marshall
Digital content available: afc1991029_hm_c018
20 35mm color slides
1-2, treaty marker and cemetery at St. Basile pioneers' memorial chapel; 3-6, St. Basile catholic church, cemetery; 7-8, vernacular houses in St. Basile, NB; 10-16, St. John River and landscape across in Maine, from New Brunswick, near St. Basile; arpent land division system clearly seen in #13-16; 17-18, excellent example of an Acadian barn, south of St. Basile, NB; 19, connected farmstead in Riviere Verte (Green River), NB; 20, church in St. Leonard, NB.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: HM-C019 Churches, barns, and vernacular houses, St. Leonard, New Brunswick. Vernacular houses and buildings, Fort Kent, Maine, June 29, 1991
Photographer: Howard W. Marshall
Digital content available: afc1991029_hm_c019
20 35mm color slides
1-2, church in St. Leonard, NB, continued; 3-4, Acadian farmstead, New Brunswick, s. of St. Leonard at Sainte-Anne; 5-7, New Brunswick vernacular houses; 8-9, NB landscape and farm (large barn); 10, NB highway n. of Grand Falls; 11-12, Grand Falls, NB (St. John River); 13, vernacular buildings in Grand Falls, NB; 14, farmstead near Hamlin, Maine on US 1; 15-20, vernacular houses and landscapes in Ft. Kent, Maine on US 1, moving into town from south.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: HM-C020 Buildings along U.S. 1, Fort Kent, Maine; Plourdes Store and landscape, Soldier Pond, Maine, June 29, 1991
Photographer: Howard W. Marshall
Digital content available: afc1991029_hm_c020
20 35mm color slides
1-7, vernacular buildings along US 1 in Ft. Kent, continued; 8, painted truck, Ft. Kent college campus; 9, vernacular house in Ft. Kent; gothic gables, central hall house type; 10-11, Fort Kent, 1839 cedar log block house built for defense during boundary disputes; restored to some degree, this is a very fine National Landmark that is cared for by the Maine Bureau of Parks and Recreation; 12-19, Plourdes Store and landscape, on Me. 11 s. of Ft. Kent; this is a rebuilt and altered piece-sur-piece Acadian cottage of the 19th century; 20, Acadian cottage across Me. 11 from Plourdes Store.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: HM-C021 Vernacular architecture and various scenes, Fort Kent, Patten, and Hampden, Maine, June 29, 1991
Photographer: Howard W. Marshall
Digital content available: afc1991029_hm_c021
5 35mm color slides
1, vernacular house on Me. 11 in Ft. Kent; 2, landscape near Soldier Pond, s. of Ft. Kent; 3, Mt. Katahdin, in Baxter State Park, south of our study area, from Me. 11; 4, connected vernacular farmstead on Me. 11 in Patten, Maine, with New England temple-form house type; 5, New England temple form house type, Hampden, Maine.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: LO-C001 Roadside crosses, Baker-Brook, New Brunswick, June 15, 1991
Photographer: Lisa Ornstein
Digital content available: afc1991029_lo_c001
20 35mm color slides
These images document roadside crosses located in Baker-Brook, New Brunswick. For further details, see MAP-LO-FO61591.A; [1-15, roadside cross located on Route 120 at the Baker/Brook/Clair townline]; 1-5, roadside cross: full-length shots; 7-8, roadside cross shrinebox: shrinebox; the lettering reads: Eternal Light; 9, detail of roadside cross: electrical wiring; 10, detail of roadside cross: transept ornament; 11-12, detail of roadside cross area: one of the two ornamental pillars which frame the cross; 13-14, roadside cross area showing proximity of cross to townline welcome sign.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: LO-C002 Roadside crosses, Baker-Brook, New Brunswick, June 15, 1991
Photographer: Lisa Ornstein
Digital content available: afc1991029_lo_c002
7 35mm color slides
These images document a roadside cross located at the corner of rue Cyr and Chemin du Lac in Baker-Brook, New Brunswick. For further details, see MAP-L0-F061591.A; 1, full-length shot; 2-3, detail: enclosed base; plate glass in the raised base is a panel enclosure for one side of the shrine box; 4-6, detail: shrinebox; 7, detail: sculpted heart at the center of the cross.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: LO-C003 Acadian Mass, St. David Catholic Church, Madawaska, Maine, June, 1991
Photographer: Lisa Ornstein
Digital content available: afc1991029_lo_c003
20 35mm color slides
Log missing
Call number: AFC 1991/029: LO-C004 Possibly Ida Bourgoin Roy, Van Buren, Maine; Albert Michaud with bird houses at Village Acadien, Van Buren, Maine, June, 1991
Photographer: Lisa Ornstein
Digital content available: afc1991029_lo_c004
8 35mm color slides
Log missing
Call number: AFC 1991/029: RB-C001 Various buildings and scenes, Bridgewater, Maine, and Van Buren, Maine, 1991
Photographer: Ray C. Brassieur
Digital content available: afc1991029_rb_c001
20 35mm color slides
These buildings document a variety of buildings and scenes; 1-2, Farmstead with twin barn in Bridgewater, ME; 3-4, Bradbury Barrel Co., Bridgewater; 5-8, Farmstead two miles south of Bridgewater, with house, twin barn, and potato house (#8); 9-12, 1906 Dark Harbor seventeen and one-half foot (at waterline) sailboat, photographed one mile south of Mars Hill, ME; the boat belongs to Peter Parker of Presque Isle; 13, Bridge over Violette Brook, Van Buren, ME; 14, Part of saddle-notched log retaining wall on Violette Brook; 15, Violette Brook; 16, Saddle-notched log retaining wall; 17-20, St. Bruno Catholic Church, Van Buren, with decorative stonework and inscription over door— "Aimer Marie et la Faire Aimer."
Call number: AFC 1991/029: RB-C002 Midsommar Festival, New Sweden, Maine, 1991
Photographer: Ray C. Brassieur
Digital content available: afc1991029_rb_c002
20 35mm color slides
These images document a visit to New Sweden, ME, during the Midsommar Festival; 1, Cemetery in New Sweden; 2-9, Dancing around the Maypole; 10, One of the musicians who played for the dances, with her guitar; 11, A house in New Sweden; 12-13, Replica of Capitol building; the original, built in 1870, was destroyed in a fire in 1971. Note the garlanded Maypole to the left. This building now houses the Historical Society Museum; 14, Door to the Museum; 15, Logs from an early house in New Sweden on exhibit in the Lars Noak Blacksmith Shop, which is operated as a museum by the Historical Society; 16-19, Log house across the road from the Noak Blacksmith Shop; this house is in the process of being restored; 20, Exterior of the Noak Blacksmith Shop.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: RB-C003 Midsommar Festival, New Sweden, Maine; Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church and presbytery, Lille, Maine; Village Acadien. Van Buren, Maine, 1991
Photographer: Ray C. Brassieur
Digital content available: afc1991029_rb_c003
20 35mm color slides
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.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: RB-C004 Village Acadien, Van Buren, Maine; Genealogy display at Sirois/Duplessis family reunion at Acadian Festival, Madawaska, Maine, 1991
Photographer: Ray C. Brassieur
Digital content available: afc1991029_rb_c004
20 35mm color slides
These images document a visit to the Village Acadien, a collection of historic buildings in Keegan village, town of Van Buren, ME. All of the buildings have been moved to the site from other locations in the study area. This site is on the National Register of Historic Places; 1, Maison Ouellette, a typical nineteenth century Acadian house; 2-4, Maison Morneault, also a nineteenth century house; the small addition was once used as a post office; 5, Acadian barn; 6, Outhouse; 7, Grotto with religious statuary; 8-9, Replica of an eighteenth century log church, Notre Dame de I'Assumption; 10, Another of the restored houses (pink) and the schoolhouse; 11, ?????; 12-13, Blacksmith shop undergoes restoration; the wooden barrels are potato barrels; 14, House in Madawaska, ME; the red-brown color is a popular one in the area; 15, House in Madawaska; These images document a genealogy display for the Sirois/Duplessis family reunion at the annual Acadian Festival in Madawaska; 16, Table where genealogical books and other material was available; 17, Wall display of family genealogy; 18, Large Acadian flag as stage backdrop; 19, Part of the genealogy display; 20, Duplessis coat-of-arms.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: RB-C005 Genealogy display at Sirois/Duplessis family reunion at Acadian Festival, Arts and crafts fair at Acadian Festival, Madawaska, Maine, 1991
Photographer: Ray C. Brassieur
Digital content available: afc1991029_rb_c005
20 35mm color slides
These images document the genealogical display for the Sirois/Duplessis family at the annual Acadian Festival in Madawaska, ME; 1-2, Large wall display of family genealogy; #2, a man searches for names of particular family members; These images document an arts and crafts fair held at the Madawaska High School as part of the annual Acadian Festival; 3, Craftspeople display their wares; 4-7, Steve Crosby and his reversible hats; 8-12, A variety of crafts were on display; 13-14, Handmade wooden dogsled; 15-17, More crafts; 18-19, Wooden fish carved by Andrew McQuarrie of Madawaska; 20, Mop dolls.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: RB-C006 Various buildings and scenes, Madawasaka, Maine, and Eagle Lake, Maine, 1991
Photographer: Ray C. Brassieur
Digital content available: afc1991029_rb_c006
20 35mm color slides
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.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: RB-C007 Various buildings and scenes, Leona Cyr, Grande Riviere Festival, Upper St. John River Valley, Maine, 1991
Photographer: Ray C. Brassieur
Digital content available: afc1991029_rb_c007
20 35mm color slides
These images document a variety of buildings and scenes; 1, Old Mill Marina, Eagle Lake, a former sawmill converted into a motel/restaurant/marina combination; 2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle graffiti, Eagle Lake; 3, Shrine at a house in Frenchville, ME; these shrines are found throughout the study area; 4, Connecticut license plate on a car parked at Rosette's, a restaurant in Frenchville, photographed on July 4th weekend; there are many people originally from the area who have moved to Connecticut; 5, A group of buildings in Lavertu Settlement, ME; 6, Porsche with "PATATE" license plate parked at Doris' Cafe in Fort Kent, ME; potatoes are the primary crop in the study area (patate is Acadian French for potato). We were unable to locate the owner of the car; These images document a visit to weaver Leona Cyr, who lives in a senior citizens home called the Maison Acadienne in Madawasda, ME; 7, Some of Ms. Cyr's weaving; 8, Maison Acadienne; Miscellaneous images; 9-10, Farm building under construction, State Highway 161 (Caribou Rd.), Fort Kent, ME; although we saw a number of buildings being torn down, this is one of the few examples of new construction we encountered; 11, Abandoned and collapsing twin barn, Highway 161, Fort Kent; These images document events at the annual Grande Riviere festival in Van Buren, ME. The first is called Tintamarre, a sort of celebratory noisemaking contest between residents of Van Buren, ME, and St-Leonard, New Brunswick. The second is tug-of-war between residents of the two towns held on the international bridge; 12, Tintamarre participants gather with their kitchen implement noisemakers in a Van Buren parking lot prior to marching to the bridge for the contest; 13, Sign pointing the way to the bridge; 14, Fieldworker David Whitman photographs the event; 15-16, Getting ready to march to the bridge; 17-20, Some of the Van Buren participants in the tug-of-war.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: RB-C008 Grande Riviere Festival, Van Buren, Maine; Farrell-Michaud house, Van Buren, Maine; Various scenes, Wallagrass, Maine, 1991
Photographer: Ray C. Brassieur
Digital content available: afc1991029_rb_c008
20 35mm color slides
These images document events at the Grande Riviere Festival in Van Buren, ME; 1-4, Tug-of-war between residents of Van Buren, ME, and StLeonard, New Brunswick, on the international bridge between the towns. The Canadians won; 5-7, Although there was a large crowd on the bridge, cars were allowed to pass from both sides; fieldworker David Whitman photographs the cars and crowd; 8, Sign painted especially for the Festival, with names of the three participating towns and the flags of their respective nations— St-Leonard, New Brunswick, Ste-Ouenne, France, and Van Buren, ME; These images document the Farrell-Michaud house, a large twentieth century house in Van Buren which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The house is currently operated as a bed-and-breakfast; 9-12, Exterior of the house; 13, Sign at the house; 14, This house, similar in style, is across the street; 15-16, Farrell-Michaud house; Miscellaneous images; 17, Sawmill with piles of shakes, Wallagrass, ME; a moose is running through the mill yard; 18-20, Cars in the parking lot at the Village Acadien in Van Buren on Native American Day, a part of the Grande Riviere Festival.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: RB-C009 Native American Day, Grande Riviere Festival, Van Buren, Maine; Various scenes, Frenchville, Maine, 1991
Photographer: Ray C. Brassieur
Digital content available: afc1991029_rb_c009
19 35mm color slides
These images document Native American Day, and event held at the Village Acadien in Van Buren, ME, as part of the annual Grande Riviere Festival; 1-3, Purification ceremony. Mic-Mac Indian Kenny Cloud of Red Bank Reserve in New Brunswick circulates through the crowd with a smoldering sweetgrass braid; smoke from the braid is fanned with feathers to envelop each person in turn; 4-7, Sweetgrass braid is used to light ceremonial pipe; each person in attendance was then given a chance to smoke the pipe; 8, Music begins for the first dance. One of the drummers is event coordinator Guy Frigon (light blue shirt); 9, A few of the spectators; 10, The first dance; members of the audience were asked to join the dance, and some did; 11-14, Among the spectators was a group of visitors from Ste-Ouenne, France; here, the mayor of Ste-Ouenne tries on a headdress and poses with Guy Frigon (#14); Some miscellaneous images; 15, Flag, possibly a family crest, Eagle Lake; 16, Seal of the University of Maine-Fort Kent on the door of one of their official vehicles; 17, Abandoned Frenchville Starch Factory, Frenchville, ME; 18, Large storage barns called potato houses, Frenchville; this type of potato house was used to store produce prior to shipment. A number of these are still standing, but only a few are still in use; 19, Fieldworker David Whitman talks with retired railroad conductor Bob LaBonte in the Village Acadien parking lot; 20, Does not exist.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: RB-C010 Village Acadien, Van Buren, Maine; Fishing on Eagle Lake, Maine; Rosaire Sirois at University of Maine-Presque Isle, Maine, 1991
Photographer: Ray C. Brassieur
Digital content available: afc1991029_rb_c010
20 35mm color slides
Miscellaneous images; 1, Fieldworker David Whitman talks with retired railroad worker Bob Labonte (hat) in the parking lot of the Village Acadien in Van Buren, ME; 2, Flatbed trailer, Village Acadien; 3-4, Emma LeVasseur Dubay Art Museum, Village Acadien; 5-6, Sign on gift shop roof, Village Acadien; 7, Whitman and Labonte; the building in the background is the Salle de Recreation at the Village Acadien; 8, Fishing from a small motorboat on Eagle Lake, a fairly regular sight; 9, Pontoon tour boat, Eagle Lake; These images document a visit with Rosaire Sirois at the University of Maine-Presque Isle; 10-13, Rosaire Sirois poses by his service truck, holding a picture of a brochure which describes a device Sirois invented to replace snow chains for motor vehicles; 14, Sign on Sirois' truck; 15-18, Sirois shows some of his sharpening tools and techniques; 19-20, Sirois holds pictures of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Caribou, ME; note the ship's knees in #19.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: RB-C011 Claude "Blackie" Cyr at his home, Saint David, Maine, 1991
Photographer: Ray C. Brassieur
Digital content available: afc1991029_rb_c011
20 35mm color slides
These images document a visit to Claude "Blackie" Cyr at his home on Long Lake in St. David, ME; 1, Blackie's daughter-in-law Arlene Devost Cyr, who is married to Blackie's son Peter, with their son. Ms. Cyr is a seamstress, and made the clothing worn by her son (including the hat); 2-12, A collection of wooden figures carved by Cyr; 13-14, Blackie's grandson; 15-16, Statue of a sailor, carved and painted by Cyr; 17-20, Arlene Devost Cyr with her son.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: RB-C012 Claude "Blackie" Cyr at his home, Saint David, Maine, 1991
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