Person/Organization: Jalbert, Gertrude
Item 67540
Jalbert Family Orchestra, Lewiston-Auburn, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1920 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.
