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Person/Organization: Jalbert, Fern

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Item 67540

Jalbert Family Orchestra, Lewiston-Auburn, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1920 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

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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.