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Description
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.
About This Item
- Title: Ernestine Gagne and grandchildren, Lewiston, ca. 1972
- Creation Date: circa 1972
- Subject Date: circa 1972
- Town: Lewiston
- County: Androscoggin
- State: ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: 7/8 Louis-Philippe Gagne
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Franco-American CollectionUSM, 51 Westminster Street, Lewiston, ME 04240
(207) 753-6545
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LC Subject Headings
- Families--Maine--Lewiston
- Organizations--Maine--Lewiston
- Gagné family
- Snowshoes & snowshoeing
- French-Canadians--Maine--Lewiston
- Franco-Americans--Maine--Lewiston
- Gagné, Louis-Philippe, 1900-1963--Associated objects
- Uniforms
- Clubs--Maine--Lewiston
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