Keywords: Franco theater
Item 18874
Theater production, Lewiston, 1896
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1896 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Item 18865
Theater program, 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme,' Lewiston, 1978
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1978-04-08 Location: Lewiston Media: Ink printed on paper
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Lewiston, Maine's second largest city, was long looked upon by many as a mill town with grimy smoke stacks, crowded tenements, low-paying jobs, sleazy clubs and little by way of refinement, except for Bates College. Yet, a noted Québec historian, Robert Rumilly, described it as "the French Athens of New England."
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Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Artists and Inventors of Biddeford
"Whether it was portraying a "Mad Miser" in the theater, rallying patriotic fervor with World War I artwork, or inventing new technology to keep a…"
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Jim Paquette - preserving his Franco-American and musical roots
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Lead singer of the iconic Black Hart Band shares insights of his life journey.
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Sister Madeleine Couture: Dedicating her life to teaching
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
The story of a life immersed in family and teaching
