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Felicia Garant in nun's habit, Lewiston, 1964

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1964-10-31 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

  Read Felicia Garant's recollection of this photograph

Santa Claus at the Healey Asylum, Lewiston, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1950 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

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.

Story of the "little nun"
by Felicia Garant

My grandmother made a nun's outfit for me