Maine Memory Network

Ruins of New Auburn Fire, 1933

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1933-05-15 Location: Auburn Media: Photographic print

Dupont Bakery Ruins, Auburn, 1933

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1933-05-15 Location: Auburn 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.

In Time and Eternity: Shakers in the Industrial Age

"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… which were bound for the Turner Creamery in Auburn. The “creamery” still stands. Farmington was considered to have excellent shipping facilities…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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