Ernestine Gagne and grandchildren, Lewiston, ca. 1972
Contributed by Franco-American Collection
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Ernestine Gagné, widow of Louis-Philippe Gagné (1901-1964), Linda St. Pierre, her granddaughter; and Louis Philippe Gagné III, her grandson, examine a snowshoe club jacket.
They jacket belonged to the late Louis-Philippe Gagné, who started LeMontagnard Snowshoe Club in 1924, two years after coming to Maine from Quebéc.
He also promoted the formation of other snowshoe clubs in Lewiston-Auburn and throughout the northeast.
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- Title: Ernestine Gagne and grandchildren, Lewiston, ca. 1972
- Creation Date: circa 1972
- Subject Date: circa 1972
- Town: Lewiston
- County: Androscoggin
- State: ME
- Media: Photograph
- Local Code: 7/8 Louis-Philippe Gagne
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Franco-American Collection
USM, 51 Westminster Street, Lewiston, ME 04240
(207) 753-6545
http://www.usm.maine.edu/lac/franco/
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LC Subject Headings
Clubs--Maine--Lewiston
Uniforms
Gagné, Louis-Philippe, 1900-1963--Associated objects
Franco-Americans--Maine--Lewiston
Organizations--Maine--Lewiston
Snowshoes & snowshoeing
French-Canadians--Maine--Lewiston
Gagné family
Families--Maine--Lewiston
People
Gagné, Ernestine
St. Pierre, Linda
Gagné, Louis-Philippe III
Gagné, Louis-Philippe
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