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Photo, Print, Drawing Benefit concert for Allagash flood relief, Fort Kent High School, Fort Kent, Maine; Fred Albert house, Saint David, Maine

About this Item

Title

  • Benefit concert for Allagash flood relief, Fort Kent High School, Fort Kent, Maine; Fred Albert house, Saint David, Maine

Names

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

Created / Published

  • Fort Kent, Maine; Saint David, Maine, June 22, 1991 - June 25, 1991

Headings

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

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: 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

Medium

  • 35 mm black-and-white film negatives

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1991/029: DW-B017-61307
  • Field project identifier: MAP-DW-B017-61307

Source Collection

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

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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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:

Marshall, Howard W, C. Ray Brassieur, Lisa Ornstein, and David A Whitman. Benefit concert for Allagash flood relief, Fort Kent High School, Fort Kent, Maine; Fred Albert house, Saint David, Maine. United States Saint David Maine Fort Kent Aroostook County, 1991. Fort Kent, Maine; Saint David, Maine, - June 25, 1991. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b017_61307/.

APA citation style:

Marshall, H. W., Brassieur, C. R., Ornstein, L. & Whitman, D. A. (1991) Benefit concert for Allagash flood relief, Fort Kent High School, Fort Kent, Maine; Fred Albert house, Saint David, Maine. United States Saint David Maine Fort Kent Aroostook County, 1991. Fort Kent, Maine; Saint David, Maine, - June 25, 1991. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b017_61307/.

MLA citation style:

Marshall, Howard W, et al. Benefit concert for Allagash flood relief, Fort Kent High School, Fort Kent, Maine; Fred Albert house, Saint David, Maine. Fort Kent, Maine; Saint David, Maine, - June 25, 1991. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1991029_dw_b017_61307/>.