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Series 3: Graphic materials (continued)
Black-and-white negatives (continued)
Maison Morneault, Village Acadien, Van Buren, Maine; House in Van Buren, Maine, June 15, 1991 (continued)
Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_b007_61299
36 35 mm black-and-white film negatives
These images document the interior of the Maison Morneault, a nineteenth century house at the Village Acadien; 1-4, Birch bark insulation in the attic; 5-6, Ship's knee connecting the attic floor to the side walls; 7, Beds in the attic; 8-9, Roof support structure; the trusses are joined to the rafter with mortise-and-tenon construction held in place by a wooden peg called a trunnel; 10-13, Various views of the joinery in the attic; Miscellaneous images; 14-15, The truck of Albert Michaud, who sells the birdhouses he makes in the parking lot of the Village Acadien; These images document a visit to the house currently owned by Val Violette in Van Buren, ME; 16-19, Val Violette shows field coordinator Ray Brassieur some of the pieces removed from the house during remodeling; 20-26, Pieces of the house which were removed during remodeling; these pieces show the en coulisse construction methods often employed in the study area; 27-29, Rear of the house; the porch was a later addition, and may represent an enclosure of an outdoor summer kitchen; 30, Brassieur and Violette examine the house; 31-33, Exterior of the house; 34, Brassieur holds a piece removed from the house while talking with Val's wife Ann; These images document a visit to the Village Acadien in Van Buren, ME; 35-36, Fence at the perimeter of the Village.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B008-61306 Village Acadien, Van Buren, Maine; Albert Michaud; Gilbert Perrault; Gilbert Perrault, Wallagrass, Maine, June 15, 1991
Photographer: David A. Whitman
Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_b008_61306
36 35 mm black-and-white film negatives
These images document a visit to the Village Acadien, a collection of buildings which has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. All of the historic buildings have been moved to the site from elsewhere in the study area; 2-4, Roy house, piece-sur-piece log construction; apparently the corner joints of this house were partially sawn through so that it could be moved, and it was then reconstructed. Detail of the joinery is probably not historically accurate; 7-9, Maison Morneault, a typical Acadian house of midnineteenth century construction; the current house probably represents an enlargement of the original structure. The small addition on the far side once served as a post office; 10-19, Other buildings at the Village, including a house (11-12), a barn (13-14), a reconstruction of a log church (15-16), and a schoolhouse (17); 20-21, Field coordinator Ray Brassieur talks with birdhouse maker Albert Michaud, who sells his birdhouses from this truck parked in the lot at the Village Acadien; These images document a house and barn on the property of Gilbert Perrault in Wallagrass, ME; 22-23, Exterior of barn; Perrault (left) points out features of the barn to Brassieur; 24-28, Exterior of the house; the long and narrow proportions of this house are unusual for the study area. The large door at the rear provided carriage access; 29-30, Interior of the barn; 31-33, Sliding double doors on the barn; there is a set of double doors on each side; 34-35, Sliding mechanism on barn doors; small grooved iron wheels slid along an iron guide rail. 3 6-36a Exterior of the barn. Note that part of the lower half is sided with shakes, which provided superior insulation for the livestock kept in this section of the barn.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B009-61305 Gilbert Perrault house, Wallagrass, Maine; Documentation of various barns and buildings, Upper St. John River area, Maine, June 17, 1991
Photographer: David A. Whitman
Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_b009_61305
36 35 mm black-and-white film negatives
These images document a house on the property of Gilbert Perrault in Wallagrass, ME. See MAP-DW-B007 for more information; 1-2, Door for carriage access at rear of house; 3-5, Perrault house as seen from State Highway 11; These images document a variety of buildings and scenes photographed while on a tour of the area with Julie Bayly and Patrick Ouellette; 6-9, Twin barn, a type found in several locations in the study area; 10, Fieldworkers Ray Brassieur and Lisa Ornstein investigate the barn with Pat Ouellette; 11, Julie Bayly photographs the barn; 12, Brassieur and Ornstein; 13-18, Corners of walls and roof of barn; 19-21, Assorted tools and equipment inside the barn; 22-23, Farmland; 24-28, Another twin barn, this one in Hamlin, ME; the gambrel roof (locally called colm-casse) is less frequent on twin barns than is the simple gabled roof, although it is a common roof type in the study area; 29-30, Interior of Hamlin twin barn; the lack of a ridgepole is nearly a nearly universal feature of area barns. The arched windows are unusual; 32-33, Side view, Hamlin twin barn; 34-36, Abandoned house across the road from Hamlin twin barn [July, 1991: the Hamlin twin barn was completely destroyed in a fire; arson is suspected].
Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B010-61302 Various buildings and scenes, Hamlin, Maine and St. John River area of New Brunswick, Canada, June 17, 1991 - June 19, 1991
Photographer: David A. Whitman
Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_b010_61302
36 35 mm black-and-white film negatives
These images document a variety of scenes photographed on a tour of the area with Julie Bayly and Patrick Ouellette; 2-6, Greek revival cornices on abandoned house across the road from the Hamlin twin barn; 7-11, Cemetery in St-Basile, New Brunswick; 12-13, Birdhouses in St-Basile; 14, Ornate wrought iron cross grave marker (front) and simple white wooden cross, cemetery in St-Basile; there was a row of the white crosses, which symbolized the founding families of St-Basile; 15, Row of wrought iron crosses, with founding family commemorative crosses behind them; 16-17, Grave marker, St Basile; 18-21, Cemetery and St-Basile Catholic Church; 22-23, 3 Feathers Craft Shop on Malecite Reserve just east of Edmunston, New Brunswick; 24-25, Madawaska, ME, looking across the St. John River from New Brunswick; the tall stacks are at the Fraser Paper facility; 26-27, Supporting structure for tipi at 3 Feathers Craft Shop; These images document a variety of scenes photographed while on a trip to Edmunston, New Brunswick; 28-30, Grocery store in Clair, New Brunswick; French and bilingual (French/English) signs are common in New Brunswick; 31-32, Bilingual traffic sign on Highway 120 east of Clair; 33-34, French street signs are the norm on the New Brunswick side of the St. John River; 35-36, New Brunswick has a bilingual school system with separate facilities for Anglophones and Francophones; these school buses are used by the French schools; 36a, Maine, photographed from New Brunswick.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B011-61300 Various scenes, Edmunston, New Brunswick; Good Shepherd Sisters Centennial Choir concert, St. Bruno Catholic Church, Van Buren, Maine, June 19, 1991 - June 21, 1991
Photographer: David A. Whitman
Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_b011_61300
36 35 mm black-and-white film negatives
These images document a variety of scenes in Edmunston, New Brunswick; 2-8, Many types of signs are written in French in New Brunswick; some have English as well; 9-10, Centre universitaire St-Louis-Maillet; 11-12, Carpet store with French/English signs; 13-16, A. M. Sormany School, the secondary school for Francophones; These images document a multi-choir concert held at St. Bruno Catholic Church in Van Buren, ME, to celebrate the centennial of the arrival of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (the Good Shepherd Sisters); 17-19, Choirs rehearse before the concert.; 20-21, Good Shepherd Sisters take their places in the front pews; 22, The concert begins; 23-25, Soloist Annick Gagnon; 26-27, A choir in performance; 28-29, The honorees, Good Shepherd Sisters; 30-33, Choirs in performance; 34, Good Shepherd Sisters; 35-36a, Choir in performance, photographed from the back of the sanctuary.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B012-61301 Good Shepherd Sisters Centennial Choir concert, St. Bruno Catholic Church, Van Buren, Maine; Centennial festival, New Sweden, Maine, June 21, 1991 - June 22, 1991
Photographer: David A. Whitman
Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_b012_61301
36 35 mm black-and-white film negatives
These images document a multi-choir concert held at St. Bruno Catholic Church in Van Buren to celebrate the centennial of the arrival of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (the Good Shepherd Sisters); 2-3, A choir in performance, photographed from the back of the sanctuary; 4-5, Basement of the church set up for post-concert reception; 6-8, Exterior of St. Bruno Catholic Church; 9-11, Inscription over door to church; 12-22, Various choirs in performance; 23-24, The sisters appear to be enjoying themselves; 25-26, All the participating choirs assemble for the finale; 27, The sisters listen to the finale; 28-32, Choirs perform the finale; These images document a visit to New Sweden, ME; 33-34, Cemetery; the small building was used to store the bodies of those who died during the winter when it was impossible to dig graves; 35-end, Preparation of flower garlands.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B013-61294 New Sweden Centennial, New Sweden, Maine, June 22, 1991
Photographer: David A. Whitman
Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_b013_61294
36 35 mm black-and-white film negatives
These images document a visit to New Sweden, ME, during their centennial festival; 2, "A Swede" Vermont license plate on a car in the parking lot; 3-4, Restored capitol building; the original was partially destroyed in a fire; 5-7, Festival participants; 8-10, Small Swedish dwelling type known as a "stuga"; 11-13, Restored capitol building; 14-15, Maypole; several dances were held here during the festival; 16-17, Small house; 18-21, Grange hall; 22-28, Various artifacts in the museum operated by the New Sweden Historical Society; 29-36, Blacksmith shop which was converted into a woodworking shop, now an exhibit.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B014-61308 Talent show to benefit Allagash relief fund, Allagash, Maine, June 22, 1991
Photographer: David A. Whitman
Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_b014_61308
37 35 mm black-and-white film negatives
2-36, Various performers at the talent show put on by the Red Cross to benefit victims of the 1991 spring flood in Allagash, ME. Performers include: Don Cyr (2-5) , Nashville professional musician Dave Mallett (11-14), and fieldworker and Acadian Archive Director Lisa Ornstein (33-end).
Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B015-61304 Centennial Festival, New Sweden, Maine; Allagash benefit talent show, Fort Kent, Maine, June 22, 1991
Photographer: David A. Whitman
Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_b015_61304
36 35 mm black-and-white film negatives
These images document a visit to New Sweden, ME, during the Midsommar Festival; 2-4, These planks were used in house construction; note the vegetable matter used for insulation; 6-9, Newspaper used as insulation between logs; 10, Building which housed former blacksmith shop; 11-13, The New Sweden Historical Society is restoring this log house; 14-17, Exhibit of handmade cross-country skis at the Historical Society museum; 18-20, Looms and spinning wheels in the museum; 21-22, Exhibit of tools; 23-24, Antique bicycle with wooden rims; 25-32, Field coordinator Ray Brassieur examines various artifacts with local resident Swen Bondeson; Images from the Allagash benefit talent show; see MAP-DW-B014; 33-end, Local historian and folklorist Don Cyr of Lille, ME performs.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B016-61303 Fred Albert house, Saint David, Maine; Maison Daigle-St-Jean, Clair, New Brunswick, June 25, 1991 - June 26, 1991
Photographer: David A. Whitman
Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_b016_61303
37 35 mm black-and-white film negatives
These images document a woven mat which was found in the walls of the Fred Albert house. The origin of the mat is uncertain; it is currently displayed in a glass case in the Albert house in St. David, ME; 2-3, Mat on floor of Albert house; 4-6, Details of mat's construction; 7-8, Close-up of corner of mat Ernie Chasse; 9-10, Ernie Chasse sits in the office in his home in St. David, ME; These images document a visit to the Maison Daigle-St-Jean in Clair, New Brunswick. The maison is a mid-nineteenth house which has been moved to its present site and restored; 11-12, Exterior, front view; 13-14, Exterior, side view; 15-18, Porch railings, cornice; 16-18, Front door; 19-22, Ship's knee amid various artifacts on the second floor; 23, Exhibit cases, stairway to small loft; 24-25, Roof support structure, hewn rafters and trusses; some original rafters and trusses have been replaced; 26-28, Tool on exhibit; 29, Field coordinator Ray Brassieur examines a ship's knee; 30-31, Frame timbers; the rectangular hole was once part of the mortise-and-tenon joinery used throughout the house; 33-end, Device for breaking flax, with drawing depicting flaxbreaking.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B017-61307 Benefit concert for Allagash flood relief, Fort Kent High School, Fort Kent, Maine; Fred Albert house, Saint David, Maine, June 22, 1991 - June 25, 1991
Photographer: David A. Whitman
Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_b017_61307
36 35 mm black-and-white film negatives
These images document a benefit concert sponsored by the American Red Cross to benefit the victims of the spring 1991 flood in Allagash. The concert was held in the Fort Kent High School gym; 1-14, Irish musical group The Gallaghers perform; These images document the Fred Albert house, a mid nineteenth century house which has been moved to its present site on property owned by the Madawaska Historical Society and partially restored; 16-18, Fieldworker Howard Marshall takes measurements and notes on the front porch; 19, Marshall standing in front doorway; 20-21, Hand-carved wooden scene hangs on a wall in the house; 22-23, Howard Marshall and field coordinator Ray Brassieur discuss the house's construction; 24-25, Mortise-and tenon construction typical of nineteenth century Acadian building; 26-29, Framing of house; wooden pegs like the one just visible in the center of the photo were commonly used; 30-31, Rafter, top plate, and vertical support meet; just visible behind the base of the rafter is the end of the tenon joining the vertical support with the top plate. Note the compound construction of the rafter; 32, Marshall and Brassieur examine some typical Acadian chairs; 33-34, Acadian chairs; 35-36, Semi-circular table in front of a loom.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B018-61415 Rosier Sirois mobile sharpening service truck, Madawaska, Maine; Various scenes, Upper St. John River Valley area, Maine, June 28, 1991
Photographer: David A. Whitman
Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_b018_61415
36 35 mm black-and-white film negatives
2-3, Truck belonging to Rosier Sirois from which he operates a mobile sharpening service; The following images document a farm on Beaulieu Rd. a short distance south of U.S. Highway 1, Madawaska, ME. The farm belongs to a Morin family, first name unknown; 4-10, Connected barns; this is the only such arrangement of barns, three in a line, which I saw in the study area; 11-12, View of the farm from the top of a hill southeast of Beaulieu Rd.; 13-14, Some of the buildings on the farm; on the left is a former house converted to storage, and on the right is an equipment shed; 15-19, House converted to storage; house is a type often seen in the study area, with a lateral addition using the same roofline as the original house; These images document a barn dance held in a newly constructed reproduction of a nineteenth century barn behind the Maison DaigleSt-John in Clair, New Brunswick; 20-21, Musical spoons belonging to Nicolo Gagne of Clair, New Brunswick; the wooden spoons were purchased by M. Gagne, and he made the wood and metal sets; 22-24, The band. Left to right: Nicolo Gagne, spoons; Pat Albert, fiddle and banjo; Roger St. Onge, accordion; Norman Oakes, electric guitar; Gerald LaVoie, acoustic/electric guitar; Monique Rossignol, guitar and vocals; 25-27, Monique Rossignol does a vocal number; 28-end, Various photographs of crowd and band; the woman in the hat and apron, #29, is a waitress.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B019-61416 Talent show at the annual Acadian Festival, Madawaska, Maine; Various buildings and scenes, Upper St. John River Valley area, Maine, June 26, 1991 - June 27, 1991
Photographer: David A. Whitman
Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_b019_61416
36 35 mm black-and-white film negatives
These images document a talent show held as a part of the annual Acadian Festival in Madawaska, ME; 2-3, Opening ceremony, in which the crowd is led in the chant "Je suis fier d'etre Acadien" (I am proud to be Acadian). Note the large Acadian flag backdrop; 4-12, Annick Gagnon, a thirteen year old Canadian professional singer, was the featured performer. She also performed at the talent show in 1990; 13-15, Fieldworkers Ray Brassieur and Lisa Ornstein talk with the leader of the Keystone Kops, a local volunteer organization which assists with "security" at many local events; 16-19, After a costume change, Annick Gagnon continues her performance; 20-21, Rachel Walsh (left) and Cathie Corey, both of Madawaska; Ms. Walsh's costume is intended to replicate traditional Acadian garb. Ms. Corey is the Director of the Madawaska Chamber of Commerce; A collection of miscellaneous images; 22-23, Wagon of the Keystone Kops, a volunteer organization which participates in a variety of local events, parked in a driveway on State Highway 162, St. Agatha, ME; 24-29, Houses with broken rooflines and incised porches, Lavertu Settlement, ME; these features are often associated with French architecture in North America, but there are not many houses like this in the study. A particular concentration of them is in Lavertu Settlement; 30-35, Barn in Madawaska, ME; the gambrel roof is a common feature but the three-quarter wrap-around addition is not; 36-36a, Wooden potato barrels stacked outside a barn in New Canada, ME; such barrels were once used in the hand harvesting of potatoes, but mechanical harvesting has made them obsolete. They are used in smaller quantities for storage in many farms.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B020-61414 Various scenes, New Canada, Maine; Acadian Festival Fiddlers' Jamboree, Madawaska, Maine, June 28, 1991
Photographer: David A. Whitman
Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_b020_61414
36 35 mm black-and-white film negatives
A variety of scenes; 1, Sign on the door into a potato house on a farm in New Canada, ME, warning against contamination of seed potatoes; 2-4, Potato barrels, New Canada; see MAP-DW-B019; 5, Fields of grain (oats, I believe) on a farm in New Canada; although potatoes are the main crop, most farms in the area grow some grain as well; 6-7, A potato field in New Canada, planted about three weeks prior; the building is a potato house, typically built with earth contact providing insulation; 8-9, Adjacent fields of potatoes (left of hedgerow) and grain (right of hedgerow), New Canada; 10-11, Sign proclaiming Acadian Day at a gas station in Madawaska, ME; 12-13, Reverse side of sign in #10-11, announcing fiddlers' jamboree in Madawaska; These images document a fiddlers' jamboree held in Centennial Park in Madawaska, ME, as part of the annual Acadian Festival. The musicians played in a gazebo in the park; 14-15, Musicians (left to right): Robert Cormier guitar; Victor Albert, violin; Paul LeBlanc (behind Albert), mandolin; Leo LeBlanc, violin; Mr. Beaulieu (first name unknown) , violin. Cormier, Albert, and Leo Leblanc live in Massachusetts, although Albert and LeBlanc were born in New Brunswick. Paul LeBlanc is from Madawaska, and Mr. Beaulieu is Canadian (from Quebec I think); 16-28, Various combinations of the above-named musicians; tenor-banjoist Archie Rouleau (straw hat) is also seen in some of these photographs; 29-31, Leo LeBlanc takes over on rhythm guitar from Cormier, and Edmunston fiddler Paul-Emile Martin joins the group; Martin was the only local fiddler to attend the session; 32-34, The music was good, but only one couple was moved to dance; 35, Martin plays a tune; 36, Beaulieu, Martin, LeBlanc, Cormier.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B021-61427 Les Violons d'Acadie, Madawaska, Maine, June 28, 1991
Photographer: David A. Whitman
Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_b021_61427
36 35 mm black-and-white film negatives
These images document Les Violons d'Acadie, a concert/dance held as part of the annual Acadian Festival in Madawaska, ME. The event was held in a large hall known as the Multi-purpose Building. A number of local musicians, as well as a group of Acadian musicians from New Brunswick who now live in Massachusetts, performed; 2-5, Fiddle and guitar music; musicians unknown; 6-8, People danced a variety of styles, mostly couples dances; there were a few line dances in the course of the evening; 9, Sign-up table for the Canard Race, a toy duck race that is also part of the Acadian Festival; 10-12, Field coordinator Ray Brassieur talks with Arcady Richard, a carpenter by trade who also performs traditional step-dance. Mr. Richard is a native of New Brunswick who now resides in Massachusetts; 13-17, ???????, a band which provided back-up for many of the fiddlers, and also performed some songs themselves; 18-24, Dancers; 25, Fieldworkers Howard Marshall and Lisa Ornstein at the table with recording gear; 26-29, Musicians jam in the lobby outside the main hall; 30-31, The event drew a good crowd32 Event organizer Paul LeBlanc has a word with the folks on stage; 33-34, Another fiddler; 35-36, Audience; note the members of the Keystone Kops, a local volunteer organization, in the center of the frame (dark uniforms and helmets); 36a, Selling souvenirs.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B022-61425 Les Violons d'Acadie, Madawaska, Maine, June 28, 1991
Photographer: David A. Whitman
Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_b022_61425
36 35 mm black-and-white film negatives
These images document Les Violons d'Acadie, a concert/dance held as part of the annual Acadian Festival. See MAP—DW-B021 for more information; 2-5, A few the musicians who participated; 6, Dancing; the man in uniform is a member of the Keystone Kops; 7-19, Some step-dancers take the stage. #13-16, Arcady Richard joins the dancers. #17-19 features a costumed and choreographed mother/daughter team; 20-23, An accordion player, the only one of the evening; 24-33, Dancers; 34-end, Rachel Walsh of Madawaska prepares ploves. An Acadian buckwheat pancake.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B023-61426 Les Violons d'Acadie, Madawaska, Maine, June 28, 1991
Photographer: David A. Whitman
Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_b023_61426
35 35 mm black-and-white film negatives
These images document Les Violons d'Acadie, a dance/concert held as part of the annual Acadian Festival. See MAP-DW-B021 for more information; 1-11, There was some type of dancing during nearly every song; 12, Musicians on stage; 13, Robert Cormier takes a solo on electric guitar; 14-18, The closest thing to step dancing seen on the dance floor; 19-25, Sam Oakes, a fiddler who resides in Fort Kent, ME; 26-32, Fieldworker, Director of the Acadian Archive, and fine fiddler Lisa Ornstein plays a couple of tunes; 33-36, A number of the musicians gathered on stage for the finale.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B024-61409 Acadian Festival Parade, Madawaska, Maine, June 29, 1991
Photographer: David A. Whitman
Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_b024_61409
35 35 mm black-and-white film negatives
These images document a parade held as part of the annual Acadian Festival. The parade route followed Main St. through downtown, where these photographs were taken, and turned up a perpendicular street to finish at Madawaska High School; 2, Acadian Festival headquarters, where the parade judges were set up in the balcony; a local radio station broadcast a live account of the parade from the table in front of the building; 3-5, The crowd along Main St. waits for the parade; 6-10, The Marching Owls, Madawaska High School Band; 11-13, Baton twirlers of all ages took part in the parade; 14-18, Southern Victoria Pipe Band; 19-22, One of the younger parade watchers; These images document the closing ceremonies of the Acadian Festival, held in the Madawaska Multi-purpose Building immediately after the parade; 23, Members of the Sirois-Duplessis family, this year's reunion family at the Acadian Festival, talk with a nun at one of the tables in the Multi-purpose building; 24-25, The Southern Victoria Pipe Band marches in to perform; 26-27, Roger Thibodeau, one of the festival volunteers, announces some of the parade award winners, who will get one of the trophies on the table; 28-30, Southern Victoria Pipe Band; 31-32, Madawaska High School band, the Marching Owls, lines up prior to their performance; 33, Audience; 34-35, Southern Victoria Pipe Band; 36, Members of the Marching Owls line up waiting to perform.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B025-61413 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church and presbytery, Lille, Maine, July 03, 1991
Photographer: David A. Whitman
Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_b025_61413
35 35 mm black-and-white film negatives
These image document a visit to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church and presbytery, owned by Don Cyr, in Lille, ME; 2-3, Monstrances on a shelf in Cyr's kitchen; 4-5, Looking towards the altar in a small chapel, not the main sanctuary; 6, Drawers in a large ????? which is used to store various articles used in religious services; 7-8, Both sides of a silk banner hanging on a wall in the church; 9-12, Large cabinet called a vestiare. used to store items used in services; #9-10, field coordinator Ray Brassieur examines the chest; 13-16, Holy water dispenser; 17-18, Prayers written in Latin; 19, ??????; 20, Altar in chapel; 21, Statues of apostles in main sanctuary; 22, Marbleized columns, sanctuary; 23, Pews stained to achieve wood-grain effect; 24, Brassieur and Cyr in front of the altar; 25-26, View of the sanctuary from the rear; 27-28, Statues of saints in the sanctuary; 29-30, Kneeler; 31, Altar; 32, Wooden bench in the rear of the sanctuary; 33-34, Pews with divider between sections and marbleized columns; 35-36, Statues of saints in the sanctuary.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B026-61415 Acadian Festival closing ceremonies, Madawaska, Maine; Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, Lille, Maine, June 29, 1991 - July 03, 1991
Photographer: David A. Whitman
Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_b026_61415
36 35 mm black-and-white film negatives
These images document the closing ceremonies of the annual Acadian Festival, held in the Multi-purpose Building in Madawaska, ME; 2, Festival volunteer Roger Thibodeau announces some of the parade award winners; 3-11, Madawaska High School Band, the Marching Owls; 12-19, Parade award winners receive their trophies; These images document a visit to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church and presbytery in Lille, ME; this property is owned by Don Cyr, who lives in the presbytery; 20-24, Don Cyr shows field coordinator Ray Brassieur a vestment from his collection of artifacts; 25-36, These statues of angels were originally part of the exterior of the church; 36a, Acadian furniture, including a chest of drawers and a chair, in the presbytery.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B027-61423 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, Lille, Maine; Maison Heritage, Lille, Maine, July 03, 1991
Photographer: David A. Whitman
Digital content available: afc1991029_dw_b027_61423
36 35 mm black-and-white film negatives
These images document a visit to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church and presbytery in Lille, ME; 2-5, Statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the Sanctuary; 6-8, Decorative woodwork on the presbytery; 9, Foundation stone from an earlier church; These images document the Maison Heritage, a house listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The house has been disassembled, and is currently stacked under a tarp behind the presbytery at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Lille, ME; 10-15, Various pieces of the house; note the evidence of mortise-and-tenon joinery, the trunnel holes, and the ship's knees, all building techniques used by Acadian builders; 16-21, This protruding triangular piece of iron resembles a glazer's diamond; 22-23, Square cut nail. Back to Don Cyr and the presbytery; 24-26, Don Cyr demonstrates dance steps in his kitchen; 27-29, Corner cupboard; 30-31, Curved porch on house next door to Don Cyr; 32-33, House of Camille DeVost in Lille, just down the street from Don Cyr; 34-36, Rameau (blessed palm) in the garage/workshop of Camille DeVost.
Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B028-61407 Home of Camille DeVost, woodworker, Lille, Maine, July 03, 1991
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