Person/Organization: Sylavain, Charlie
Item 67530
St. Peter's School, Lewiston, 1937
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1937 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
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.
