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| Series 3: Graphic materials (continued) | |||||||||||||
| Color slides (continued) | |||||||||||||
| Various buildings and scenes, Fort Kent, Maine;, July 12, 1991 (continued) | |||||||||||||
| 20 35mm color slides | |||||||||||||
| These images document a variety of buildings and scenes in Fort Kent; 1, Tardiff sawmill on the Fish River; 2-3, Two similar houses on State Highway 11. The smaller sections are probably additions; such lateral additions are one of the most common types in the study area; 4, House painted bright blue, a common color choice; 5, House with lateral addition; 6, Replica of Eiffel Tower, said to be built by the resident of the house; 7, Decorative eagle on house; eagles are commonly used as a decoration; 8, See #6; 9, Another house with a lateral addition; 10, Shed with a gambrel roof, a style used on a variety of buildings in the study area; 11, A vegetable garden; 12, Farmland as seen from State Highway 11; the hedgerows running up the hill may mark lines of original property division; 13, Shrine at the end of a driveway; 14, Beauty salon in a house on State Highway 11; the incorporation of business and residence is common; 15-16, Wheeled docks, locally called quay for email; the wheels enable the docks to be pulled from the water before the winter freeze, thus averting ice damage; 17, Two houses which use colors commonly seen in the study area— bright blue/green and gray and red; 18, Decorative butterflies on a house; these are seen throughout the study area, but a concentration of them is on State Highway 11 between Fort Kent and Eagle Lake; not surprisingly, there is a maker of the butterflies on this road; 19, Another example of a residence/business combination, this one an auto repair shop; 20, A house with a lateral addition. | |||||||||||||
| Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C044 | Various buildings and scenes, Fort Kent, Maine, and Wallagrass, Maine, July 12, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Photographer: David A. Whitman | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_c044 | |||||||||||||
| 20 35mm color slides | |||||||||||||
| These images document a variety of buildings and scenes; 1, Decorative eagle on house; 2, Abandoned and collapsing barn; many farmers in the area have quit farming, and abandoned agricultural buildings are found throughout the study area; 3-4, Decorative butterflies; see #18; 5, Decorative eagle; 6, The Saucier Store on State Highway 11. The combination of house and store common; there are three such stores along the twelve mile stretch of Highway 11 between Eagle Lake and Fort Kent; 7, Mailbox set back from road to avoid snow and snowplow damage; 8, Rectangular clothesline, a type common in the area; 9-11, Collapsing farm buildings; 12-13, Eagle Lake as seen from a hill on State Highway 11; much of the land now forested was at one time agricultural; 14, House incorporating gambrel roofline as a decorative element; 15, Wildflowers; 16, Farm buildings no longer in use; 17, Another rectangular clothesline; most are made with wooden posts, but these are metal; 18, Decorative butterflies, made from a wide variety of scrap wood (including leftover paneling) and hand-painted are seen on houses throughout the study area; a maker of the butterflies (name unknown) lives in this house; 19, A beauty salon in a residence; a number of these can be found in the study area; 20, Logging truck parked at a house on State Highway 11; independent trucking is an occupation of importance in the study area. | |||||||||||||
| Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C045 | Various buildings and scenes, Wallagrass, Maine; Eagle Lake, Maine; Madawaska, Maine, July 13, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Photographer: David A. Whitman | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_c045 | |||||||||||||
| 20 35mm color slides | |||||||||||||
| These images document a variety of buildings and scenes; 1-2, Wooden "running potato" in a yard; this is a fairly common type of yard ornament; 3, Sign at Aroostook Creations, a craft shop on State Highway 11; 4, Rectangular clothesline, a common type in the area; 5, House with a lateral addition; this type of addition is one of the most common types in the study area; 6, Forest and grassland; some of this was probably once farmland; 7, An abandoned house along a stream west of State Highway 11. The materials used indicate that this was built in the 20th century, but birch bark was still used as insulation; 8, A wheeled dock (quay); the wheels enable the dock to be pulled from the water before the winter freeze, thus averting ice damage; 9, Looking east toward Brown's Point from the west side of Eagle Lake; the gray and red house of Katherine Brown is visible, as is the red house belonging to Phil Brown which served as home to fieldworkers Ray Brassieur and David Whitman during the survey; 10, Quay; see #8; 11, An island in Eagle Lake; 12, Quay; see #8; 13, See #9; 14, House of Fort Kent artist George Roy; 15, Shrine at a house in Fort Kent; many houses in the study area have such shrines; 6, 16 Windmill made by George Roy, who claims it can generate electricity if properly hooked up; 17, Artist George Roy with a chainsaw carving which he made; 18, Potato fields and a small herd of cattle on a farm along U.S. Route 1 in Frenchville; 19-20, Downtown Madawaska at night. | |||||||||||||
| Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C046 | Main Street, Madawaska, Maine; Forever Young Club; Shrine on U.S. Hwy 1, Frenchville, Maine; Tintamarre at Grande Riviere Festival, Van Buren, Maine, July 13, 1991 - July 14, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Photographer: David A. Whitman | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_c046 | |||||||||||||
| 20 35mm color slides | |||||||||||||
| 1-2, Main St., downtown Madawaska at night; 3, Looking in at the Forever Young Club from the parking lot during a Saturday night dance; 4, Shrine at a house on U.S. Highway 1; these shrines are common at houses in the study area, but only a few are lit at night like this one; These images document an event called Tintamarre, which was held during the annual Grande Riviere Festival in Van Buren. A Tintamarre is apparently some type of celebratory noisemaking; at this event, Americans contested against Canadians to see which side could make the most noise; 5-20, People gather in parking lots prior to a procession to the international bridge between Van Buren, ME, and StLeonard, New Brunswick, the site of the contest. The assorted pots, pans, washboards, etc., are used for noisemaking. | |||||||||||||
| Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C047 | Tintamarre, Grande Riviere Festival, Van Buren, Maine, July 14, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Photographer: David A. Whitman | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_c047 | |||||||||||||
| 20 35mm color slides | |||||||||||||
| These images document the Tintamarre at the annual Grande Riviere Festival. See MAP-DW-C046 for more information; 1-5, People gather in parking lots with their noisemaking devices prior to the procession to the international bridge; 6-15, The procession begins; smaller groups of people from various lots and street corners join as the larger group passes by; 16-19, The procession passes by the U.S. Customs Service building and on to the international bridge to meet the Canadian noisemakers; 20, Canadians on the bridge for the noisemaking contest. | |||||||||||||
| Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C048 | Tintamarre and tug-of-war, Grande Riviere Festival, Van Buren, Maine; Bridge in Saint-Lenoard, New Brunswick, July 14, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Photographer: David A. Whitman | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_c048 | |||||||||||||
| 20 35mm color slides | |||||||||||||
| These images document the Tintamarre and the tug-of war at the annual Grande Riviere Festival. See MAP-DW-C046 for more information; 1-7, The Canadian noisemaking delegation on the international bridge; 8, Judges announce the winners— the Canadians. The man with the bullhorn is the mayor of Ste-Ouenne, France; a group from that town visits each year to take part in the Grande Riviere Festival. Early settlers of the Van Buren— Ste-Leonard area, at one time called Grande Riviere, were from Ste-Ouenne; 9, Looking up the St. John River from the international bridge; a canoe can be seen on the river, but in general boating on the St. John was uncommon; 10, Various dignitaries address the crowd; 11, Canoe on the St. John; 12-13, See #10; 14, View of the international bridge from the Maine side; 15-20, International tug-of-war, Van Buren v. St-Leonard, on the bridge; incredibly, traffic was allowed to pass despite the crowd of participants and spectators, and it seemed a dangerous situation. | |||||||||||||
| Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C049 | International tug-of-war, Grande Riviere Festival, Van Buren, Maine; Farrell-Michaud house, Van Buren, Maine; Moose at sawmill, Wallagrass, Maine, July 14, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Photographer: David A. Whitman | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_c049 | |||||||||||||
| 20 35mm color slides | |||||||||||||
| These images document an international tug-of-war, Van Buren v. StLeonard, on the international bridge, an event in the annual Grande Riviere Festival; 1, Looking down the rope at the Canadian team; 2, Canadian team pulls; 3-4, Contest over— Canadians are victorious; 5-9, Traffic continued to pass over the bridge throughout the tug-of-war, despite a large crowd of participants and spectators; 10-14, The Farrell-Michaud house, early 20th century construction, on the National Register of Historic Places, currently operating as a bed-and-breakfast; 15, Sign at the Farrell-Michaud house; 16-20, Only confirmed moose sighting, at a sawmill on State Highway 11 in Wallagrass. | |||||||||||||
| Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C050 | Moose at sawmill, Wallagrass, Maine; Various buildings and scenes, New Canada, Maine, July 14, 1991 - July 15, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Photographer: David A. Whitman | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_c050 | |||||||||||||
| 20 35mm color slides | |||||||||||||
| These images document a variety of scenes; 1-2, Only confirmed moose sighting, at a sawmill in Wallagrass; 3, Sign on barn on potato farm in Soldier Pond; customized signs are found on most of the farms in the study area; 4-7, Potato fields in blossom, New Canada; 8, Garage with a type of facade normally associated with a commercial building, where the facade carries some type of message; many buildings in the study area which seem to be associated only with residential property have such facades; 9-10, See #4-7; 11-13, Close-up of potato blossoms; 14-15, See #8; particularly perplexing is the facade in #15, which faces away from the road; 16, Forest and grassland, New Canada; 17, Typical partially buried potato house; 18, Fieldworker David Whitman's truck is up to its axles in weeds; 19, Wildflowers, a variety of which contribute greatly to the scenic beauty of the area; 20, Abandoned agricultural equipment; the number of farms in the study area has greatly diminished in the last twenty years. | |||||||||||||
| Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C051 | Various buildings and scenes, New Canada, Fort Kent, and Van Buren, Maine, July 15, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Photographer: David A. Whitman | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_c051 | |||||||||||||
| 20 35mm color slides | |||||||||||||
| These images document a variety of scenes throughout the study area; 1, Abandoned farm equipment; see MAP-DW-C051, #20; 2, Mailbox set back from the road to avoid damage by snow and snowplow; 3, Typical partially buried potato house; this one is no longer in use, a common occurrence; 4, Many residents have some type of cottage industry in which they operate from their homes; 5, Building with facade; see MAP-DW-C050, #8; 6, Rectangular clothesline, a commonly seen type; 7, Small barn with gambrel roof, a style used on a wide variety of buildings in the study area; 8-9, A variety of trucks parked at homes along State Highway 161; independent trucking, sometimes combined with farming, is an important occupation in the region; 10, Small herds of livestock are only occasionally seen on farms in the study area; 11, Custom sign with MPG (Maine Potato Growers) logo; such sings are seen on many farms; 12, Farmstead on State Highway 161; 13, Another independent trucker (see #8-9); 14, Another custom sign on a potato farm; note that this one specifically mentions trucking (see #8-9); 15, Non-commercial building with facade; see MAP-DW-C050, #8; 16-18, Spraying the potato fields; potato farming is said to be quite input intensive; 19, Another farming/trucking custom sign on a potato farm, this one is south of Van Buren on U.S. Highway 1; 20, Looking east from U.S. 1, south of Van Buren; the peak in the distance is probably in New Brunswick. | |||||||||||||
| Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C052 | Native American Day, Grande Riviere Festival, Van Buren, Maine, July 15, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Photographer: David A. Whitman | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_c052 | |||||||||||||
| 20 35mm color slides | |||||||||||||
| These images document an event called Native American Day, which was held at the Village Acadien in Van Buren as part of the annual Grande Riviere Festival; 1, Tipi set up as part of the event; 2, Crowd begins to gather prior to the event; the man on the left in the white t-shirt and hat is Guy Frigon, coordinator of the event. Frigon is a Mic-Mac Indian who lives in Frenchville, ME; 3, Frigon discusses plans for the event with other Mic-Mac, who had come from New Brunswick to participate; 4, Syncretic costuming; 5, Tipi; 6-8, The Mic-Mac rehearse songs to be sung for dancing; 10-11, Some type of ceremonial object; 12, Headdress on display; Frigon admits this is a plains Indian style, but says "It's what people associate with Indians"; 13, Frigon and Kenny Cloud don ceremonial shirts; 14-15, Drum and other ceremonial items; 16, Headdress; see #12; 17-19, Paintings done by Mic-Mac Kenny Cloud of the Red Bank Reserve in New Brunswick; Cloud is holding up a painting of a wolf in #17-18; 20, Beadwork, also done by Cloud. | |||||||||||||
| Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C053 | Native American Day, Grande Riviere Festival, Van Buren, Maine, July 15, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Photographer: David A. Whitman | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_c053 | |||||||||||||
| 20 35mm color slides | |||||||||||||
| These images document an event called Native American Day, held at the Village Acadien in Van Buren as part of the annual Grande Riviere Festival; 1, Beadwork done by Mic-Mac Kenny Cloud of the Red Bank Reserve in New Brunswick; 2-6, Event coordinator Guy Frigon describes various aspects of the ceremonies; 7-11, A braid of sweetgrass is lit to begin a purification ritual; 12-15, All participants and spectators are to be purified by smoke from the braid, fanned with eagle feathers; 16, A dog jumps into a small pond chasing ducks; 17-20, Beginning of a pipe ritual. | |||||||||||||
| Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C054 | Native American Day, Grande Riviere Festival, Van Buren, Maine, July 15, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Photographer: David A. Whitman | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_c054 | |||||||||||||
| 20 35mm color slides | |||||||||||||
| These images document an event called Native American Day, held at the Village Acadien in Van Buren as part of the Grande Riviere Festival; 1-2, Some spectators tried to fit in via their costumes; 3-4, Pipe ceremony continues; 5-7, Preparation for a dance begins, while event coordinator Guy Frigon demonstrates the steps; 8-15, The dance commences, with participation by spectators; 16-20, The first dance has ended, and preparation for another begins. | |||||||||||||
| Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C055 | Native American Day, Grande Riviere Festival, Van Buren, Maine, July 15, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Photographer: David A. Whitman | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_c055 | |||||||||||||
| 20 35mm color slides | |||||||||||||
| These images document an event called Native American Day,- held at the Village Acadien in Van Buren as part of the Grande Riviere Festival; 1-3, A Mic Mac dance to drum and song; 4-5, Event coordinator Guy Frigon and a Mic-Mac from New Brunswick, name unknown, provide the drum music; 6-10, A few people try on the headdress, including the mayor of Ste-Ouenne, France (#6-7); 11-12, Field coordinator Ray Brassieur discusses the event with one of the participants. #11, Mic-Mac artist Kenny Cloud displays some of his beadwork; These images document a variety of buildings and scenes in Van Buren; 13, St. Remi Catholic Church; this parish was recently combined with St. Bruno, and this church is not currently in use; 14-15, Shrine in a yard; such shrines are seen at many homes in the study area; 16, St. Remi Catholic Church; see # 13; 17, Commercial building with typical facade; many noncommercial buildings in the study area also have facades. See MAP-DW-C050, #8; 18, This home has two decorative features common in the area, green paint and an eagle; 19-20, The truck of Albert Michaud, who makes and sells birdhouses; he often sets up shop at the Village Acadien in Van Buren. | |||||||||||||
| Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C056 | Various buildings and scenes, Van Buren, Maine, July 15, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Photographer: David A. Whitman | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_c056 | |||||||||||||
| 20 35mm color slides | |||||||||||||
| These images document a variety of buildings and scenes in Van Buren, ME; 1, Perfect Ponies, a business on U.S. Highway 1 in the village of Keegan; many residences in the study area incorporate some type of commercial activity; 2, Judy's Beauty Salon on U.S. 1, Keegan; such salons are one of the most commonly found types of residence/business combinations; 3, Wrought iron wayside cross, U.S. 1, Keegan; 4, A variety of lawn decoration, including a shrine to the Virgin Mary; such shrines are widespread in the area; 5-6, Al's Neighborhood Store, U.S. 1, Van Buren; the combination of residence with convenience/grocery store is found throughout the study area; 7, House painted a vivid blue/green, a popular color choice; 8, Shed under construction in Van Buren. The gambrel roof is a style used on many different types of buildings in the study area; many small sheds with this roof type appear to be made from kits, but this example is being built from scratch by the carpenter who lives on the property; 9-10, Small wooden handmade boat in Van Buren; this boat was said to have been built by a one-armed carpenter from St. Agatha, ME, who built approximately eight such boats; 11-13, Seagulls on a dock on Long Lake near the Van Buren public beach area; 14-15, Wildflowers in a field in Van Buren; 16-20, Sunset from a hilltop in rural Van Buren. | |||||||||||||
| Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C057 | Various buildings and scenes, Van Buren, Maine, and Hamlin, Maine, July 15, 1991 - July 16, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Photographer: David A. Whitman | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_c057 | |||||||||||||
| 20 35mm color slides | |||||||||||||
| These images document a variety of buildings and scenes; 1-2, Sunset from a hilltop in Van Buren; 3-6, Spraying potato fields; local growers describe potato farming as input intensive; 7, Partially buried potato house in Hamlin. This structure combines a construction method long used in building such barns, earth contact, with a relatively modern material, corrugated steel; 8, Trucks on a farm in Hamlin; many area farmers are also shippers of both their own produce and goods produced by others; 9, St. Joseph Catholic Church in Hamlin; 10-11, Barn with old farming machinery; the growth in front of the doorways suggests that this machinery has been idle for some time; 12, House and garage painted bright green; similar colors are widely and often used, especially on houses. The facade on the garage is normally associated with commercial buildings. See MAP-DW-C050, #8; 13, Medical facility in Van Buren called L'Acadie; 14, Banner over U.S. Highway 1 announcing annual Grande Riviere Festival; 15, "Parking to see Indians" sign at Village Acadien in Van Buren; Native American Day was held at the Village on the previous day; 16, Large storage facilities called potato houses, in which the produce would be stored just prior to shipment. Many, like these, are no longer in use; 17-18, Wayside cross near the Village Acadien on U.S. Highway 1 in Keegan; 19, Loading bundles of shakes at a small sawmill in Keegan. Milling, formerly an industry of importance in the area, has declined greatly; few sawmills are still operating; 20, Custom sign on a potato farm; most farms in the study area have such signs. The sign indicates that this enterprise combines growing and shipping; many, though not all, farmers ship their own produce, and some ship other commodities as well. | |||||||||||||
| Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C058 | Various buildings and scenes, Van Buren, Maine, and Grand Isle, Maine, July 16, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Photographer: David A. Whitman | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_c058 | |||||||||||||
| 20 35mm color slides | |||||||||||||
| These images document a variety of buildings and scenes; 1, Large L-shaped house, a type found throughout the study area. There are usually at least one or two examples of this type or a similar type in each town; one is often the presbytery at the Catholic church; 2, Cattle in a field in Van Buren; small herds of livestock are occasionally seen in the study area; 3, House with a lateral addition; this type of addition is a widely used method of enlarging houses; 4, Catholic church in Ste-Anne-du-Madawaska, New Brunswick, photographed from U.S. 1 in Maine; 5, Barn with double gambrel roof in Grand Isle; 6, House with lateral addition; see #3; 7, L-shaped house; see #1; 8, The Gun Hospital, Grand Isle, an example of the incorporation of business into residence; a wide variety of such businesses are found in the study area; 9, House with lateral addition; see #3; 10-11, St. Gerard Catholic Church in Grand Isle; 12, House with lateral addition; see #3; 13, Shrine in a yard in Grand Isle; these shrines are a common sight throughout the study area; 14, Recently constructed shed with an unusual variation on the frequently seen gambrel roof; 15, L-shaped house; see #1; 16, House with lateral addition; see #3; 17, Variation on the L-shaped house, this one with a gabledminstead of hipped roof; 18-20, L-shaped houses; see #3. The facade on the garage in #19-20 is also interesting, as such facades are often associated with commercial buildings. | |||||||||||||
| Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C059 | Various buildings and scenes, Saint David, Maine, Madawaska, Maine, and Frenchville, Maine, July 16, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Photographer: David A. Whitman | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_c059 | |||||||||||||
| 20 35mm color slides | |||||||||||||
| These images document a variety of buildings and scenes; 1, Two small buildings with facades on a residential property in St. David, ME; such facades are usually associated with commercial activity; 2-3, St. David Catholic Church; 4, Large elm tree used by former railroad engineer Bob Labonte to mark the approach to Madawaska; 5, Centre universiatire St-Louis-Maillet in Edmunston, New Brunswick, photographed from U.S. Highway 1 in Madawaska, ME; 6, Bob's Neighborhood Store in Madawaska; the type of lawn ornaments sold here, particularly those with a religious theme, are widely popular in the study area; 7, Shrine in a yard in Madawaska; 8-9, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Madawaska; 10, Street sign in Madawaska; Evangeline is the Acadian heroine of the Longfellow poem; 11, Evangeline School in Madawaska; 12-13, Acadia School in Madawaska; 14, Sign in French at a gas station in Madawaska; French signage on businesses, while common in New Brunswick, is not frequently seen in Maine; 15, Custom sign on a potato farm; the use of the term "grower-shipper" and the presence of the semi-trailer exemplify the combination of functions performed by many farmers in the study area; 16, Abandoned starch factory in Frenchville; 17, See #15; 18, A variety of trucks belonging to C.L. Roy and Sons of Frenchville; 19, Custom sign on the Edwin Pelletier & Sons farm in Frenchville; note the truck painted on the sign; 20, Truck belonging to Edwin Pelletier & Sons, parked across the road from #19. | |||||||||||||
| Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C060 | Various buildings and scenes, Frenchville, Maine, and Fort Kent, Maine, July 15, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Photographer: David A. Whitman | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_c060 | |||||||||||||
| 20 35mm color slides | |||||||||||||
| These images document a variety of buildings and scenes; 1, Custom sign on a potato farm in Frenchville; 2, Tractor-trailer on the C & P Morin farm in Frenchville; the presence of this truck and the use of the term "grower-shipper" (sign, #1) are evidence of the combined activity performed by many farmers in the study area; 3, Classic Casuals, a clothing store in a home on U.S. Highway 1 in Frenchville; the combination of residence and business is common, although a clothing store is unusual in this context; 4-5, St. Luce Catholic Church in Frenchville; 6-10, Various views of downtown Fort Kent; 11, Rock's Motel, Main St., Fort Kent; 12-14, Sign proclaiming Fort Kent as northern terminus of U.S. Route 1; the Maine end of the international bridge between Fort Kent and Clair, New Brunswick is visible in; 12-13, and the white building behind the sign in #14 is a duty-free store; 15-16, A beauty salon in a home in Fort Kent; one of the most common types of residential/commercial combinations, the number of beauty salons in the area seems out of proportion to the population; 17-18, Gene's Electronics, a new business in downtown Fort Kent; bright blue is a popular color on a variety of buildings in the study area; 19-20, A train car being loaded with logs in Fort Kent; while large-scale logging has diminished in importance, a number of small logging operations still exist. | |||||||||||||
| Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C061 | Log loading and Tardif sawmill, Fort Kent, Maine, July 18, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Photographer: David A. Whitman | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_c061 | |||||||||||||
| 20 35mm color slides | |||||||||||||
| These images document the loading of logs onto a railroad car in Fort Kent; 1-3, Logs are transferred from a log truck to a train car for shipment; These images document the sawmill owned by Danny Tardiff in Fort Kent; 6-8, Employee John Plourde of Fort Kent moves logs into position using a peavey; 9-11, Sawn boards are loaded onto a truck; 12-19, Logs are first squared off using a large circular saw. #12, Danny Tardiff uses a chainsaw to remove small pieces partially sawn off by the circular saw. Danny's father Raoul, former owner of the mill, operates the circular saw; 20, Logs positioned to be brought into the mill. | |||||||||||||
| Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C062 | Tardiff sawmill, Fort Kent, Maine, July 18, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Photographer: David A. Whitman | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_c062 | |||||||||||||
| 20 35mm color slides | |||||||||||||
| These images document the sawmill owned and operated by Danny Tardiff in Fort Kent, ME; 1-5, Logs are squared off by a large circular saw operated by Raoul Tardiff, Danny's father and former owner of the mill; 6-8, Danny Tardiff cuts boards of different widths from larger pieces sawn from the logs; 9, Saw sharpening device fabricated by Raoul Tardiff; 10, Circular saw; 11-13, Raoul Tardiff checks some of the mill equipment during a break; 14-16, John Plourde positions more logs; 17-18, Danny Tardiff removes planks with a chainsaw; 19-20, Danny Tardiff and Ben Michaud pull off planks sawn from a log by the circular saw. | |||||||||||||
| Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C063 | Tardiff sawmill, Fort Kent, Maine; Dinner for Elderhostelers with visitors from Ste-Ouenne, France, Fort Kent, Maine; Anita Albert, weaver, Saint-Jacques, New Brunswick, July 18, 1991 - July 20, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Photographer: David A. Whitman | |||||||||||||
| Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_c063 | |||||||||||||
| 20 35mm color slides | |||||||||||||
| These images document the sawmill owned and operated by Danny Tardiff in Fort Kent, ME; 1-2, Danny Tardiff saws boards from the planks cut from logs; 3, Raoul Tardiff and John Plourde position logs; 4-5, Log clamping device called a dog; 6, Succession of mill ownership written in concrete at door to mill office; 7, Sawdust generated by mill piles up outside; 8-9, Logs pile up in the mill yard; 10-11, Tardiff sawmill; 12, Sawdust outside the mill; 13, Sawn boards are loaded onto a truck; These images document a dinner held on the campus of the University of Maine-Fort Kent for a group of Elderhostelers; 14, Welcoming remarks; speaker unknown; 15, Acadian singer Ida Roy sings a traditional song to the Elderhostelers and other guests, including a group from Ste-Ouenne, France; 16, Fieldworker and Director of the Acadian Archive Lisa Ornstein leads the audience in song, while local historian and folklorist Don Cyr (far left) of Lille, ME, looks on; 17, Visitors from Ste-Ouenne sing a song written especially for the occasion; These images document a visit to the home of Anita Albert, a weaver who lives in St-Jacques, New Brunswick. 18-20, Mm. Albert describes the operation of her loom to field coordinator Ray Brassieur. Mm. Albert's husband Gilbert developed and taught her a technique which enables her to weave two sides on one pass. | |||||||||||||
| Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-C064 | Anita Albert, weaver, St.-Jacques, New Brunswick; Various scenes, Frenchville, Maine; Maps at Registry of Deeds, Fort Kent, Maine, July 20, 1991 - July 21, 1991 | ||||||||||||
| Photographer: David A. Whitman | |||||||||||||
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