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Photo, Print, Drawing Bernette Albert, Acadian landing site, Albert house, Saint David, Maine

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Title

  • Bernette Albert, Acadian landing site, Albert house, Saint David, Maine

Names

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

Created / Published

  • Saint David, Maine, June 10, 1991

Headings

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

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: 1-2, Bernette Albert gives her talk on the history of the first Acadians to populate the St. John Valley at the memorial marking the spot where the Acadians first landed; 4-8, Looking south from the memorial; note the hedgerows traversing the hillsides, which may mark property line divisions of the early land grants. These grants were done in the typically French "long lots" and measured in arpents; 9, Front view of the Albert house, which has been moved from its original location to the property owned by the Madawaska Historical Society in St. David Village. The house is a typical type built in the study area in the mid-18th century; the balustrade was likely a later addtition; 10, Side view of the Albert house; 11, Fieldworker Ray Brassieur and Madawaska Chamber of Commerce director Cathie Corey inside the Albert house; 12, Fieldworker Lisa Ornstein examines a loom; 13, Artifacts in the Albert house; 14-16, One of the looms; 17-18, A hinge on the door of an armoire; the hand-made nails indicate this piece was probably made in the early 18th century; 19-20, A woven mat which was purportedly found in the walls of the Albert house; it appears to be of Native American origin; 21-25, A part of the mat and a birch bark container which was also found in the walls of the house; 26-27, A "ship's knee" in the attic of the Albert house; these pieces were cut from the root and trunk of a hardwood tree, maintaining the natural curve of the wood.Originally a maritime construction method, these pieces were apparently used fairly often as roof supports in 18th century houses in the study area; 28-29, A section of the Albert house roof; note the ship's knee, the compound rafters, and the large timbers which form the top plate, all typical of houses in the study area; 30, Ship's knee; these were attached to the framing timbers with drift pins; 31, Another view of a roof section showing rafters and a ship's knee; 32, Brassieur and Claude "Blackie" Cyr of Madawaska examine the roof construction in the Albert house; 33, Roof construction in the Albert house; the absence of a ridgepole seems to have been universal in the constuction of buildings in the study area; 34, Another view of the rafters and the peak of the roof; 35-36, Joinery of rafters at the peak of the roof; as in many houses in the study area, the rafters are joined with a mortise and tenon and secured by a wooden peg

Medium

  • 35 mm black-and-white film negatives

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B004-61144
  • Field project identifier: MAP-DW-B004-61144

Source Collection

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

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

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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, Lisa Ornstein, and David A Whitman. Bernette Albert, Acadian landing site, Albert house, Saint David, Maine. United States Saint David Maine Aroostook County, 1991. Saint David, Maine. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b004_61144/.

APA citation style:

Brassieur, C. R., Ornstein, L. & Whitman, D. A. (1991) Bernette Albert, Acadian landing site, Albert house, Saint David, Maine. United States Saint David Maine Aroostook County, 1991. Saint David, Maine. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b004_61144/.

MLA citation style:

Brassieur, C. Ray, Lisa Ornstein, and David A Whitman. Bernette Albert, Acadian landing site, Albert house, Saint David, Maine. Saint David, Maine. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b004_61144/>.