Keywords: Lewiston canal
Item 9472
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Item 82046
Canal Excavation, Lewiston, ca. 1845
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1845 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Item 150464
Block for Dr. T. U. Coe, Lewiston, 1900-1937
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900–1937 Location: Lewiston; Lewiston; Lewiston Client: Thomas Upton Coe Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects
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Like many cities in France, Lewiston and Auburn's skylines are dominated by a cathedral-like structure, St. Peter and Paul Church. Now designated a basilica by the Vatican, it stands as a symbol of French Catholic contributions to the State of Maine.
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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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Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas
"… Trust Company Bank in South Portland (1928), the Canal Bank in Portland (1930), and the Fidelity Trust Company Bank in Brunswick (1931)."
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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