Person/Organization: Philippon, Marie
Item 18399
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1895-06-24 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Item 18378
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1897 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.
