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Item 82153
Little Canada School, Lewiston, ca.1900
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection
Date: circa 1900
Location: Lewiston
Media: Photographic print
Item 82154
Little Canada School, Lewiston, ca.1900
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection
Date: circa 1900
Location: Lewiston
Media: Photographic print
Item 82156
Little Canada School, Lewiston, 1900
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection
Date: 1900
Location: Lewiston
Media: Photographic print
Exhibits Showing 3 of 22 View All
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From French Canadians to Franco-Americans
French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.
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Shepard Cary: Lumberman, Legislator, Leader and Legend
Shepard Cary (1805-1866) was one of the leading -- and wealthiest -- residents of early Aroostook County. He was a lumberman, merchant, mill operator, and legislator.
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Father John Bapst: Catholicism's Defender and Promoter
Father John Bapst, a Jesuit, knew little of America or Maine when he arrived in Old Town in 1853 from Switzerland. He built churches and defended Roman Catholics against Know-Nothing activists, who tarred and feathered the priest in Ellsworth in 1854.
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Sam L. Cohen (1915-2003)
… houses around a neighborhood known as Little Canada, which was close to the textile mills that employed so many at the time.
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… and Washington Counties, as well as parts of Canada and New England. Todd Dill "How does this topic connect to you in your life today?" Railroads…
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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area
The Abenakis went back to Canada after that but returned years later. However, the village was never the same, and eventually they all went to other…
My Maine Stories Showing 3 of 3 View All
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It was like a family in the mill
by Arnold R. Couture
I saw a lot of changes at the International Paper Otis Mill during my 26 years as an electrician
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by David Chessey
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR