Keywords: Mary Leeds
Item 9649
Daniel F. Russell, Leeds, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Leeds Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Leeds Media: Photographic print
Item 9647
Contributed by: Leeds Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Leeds Media: Photographic print
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Settlers' clothing had to be durable and practical to hold up against hard work and winters. From the 1700s to the mid 1800s, the women of Maine learned to sew by making samplers.
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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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