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Person/Organization: Philippon, Marie

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Item 18399

Tancrel House, Lewiston, 1895

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1895-06-24 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Item 18378

Wedding party, Lewiston, 1897

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1897 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.