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Christmas pageant, St. Peter's School, Lewiston, ca. 1900

Christmas pageant, St. Peter's School, Lewiston, ca. 1900

Item 18860 info
Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries

At one time, the majority of Lewiston's school children attended bilingual parochial schools where music and theater were part of the curriculum and part of ongoing fund-raising efforts.

Pageants, plays and concerts were a regular part of parish life.