SERIES
Interview with Felix Cote
Identifier
NA 783 (local)
Date
1973 (Date created)
Summary
Interview with Felix Cote by LaFond in October, 1973, for a class project. The interview focuses on log-sorting booms on the Penobscot River and is part of a project that led to an issue of Northeast Folklore, XVII: Argyle Boom. Topics covered include the Pea Cove and Argyle booms; marks logging companies put on their logs; prize or unmarked logs; the sorting operation; rafting logs; working conditions; Penobscot Lumber Association (PLA); living conditions and recreation; origins of boom names. Photos, P425, P619 / T667
Language
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Other Subject Headings
Log-sorting booms on the Penobscot River (Local)
