Santa Claus at the Healey Asylum, Lewiston, ca. 1950
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Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries
The church provided a variety of social services for Children, especially the Sisters of Charity of St Hyacinthe (the "Grey Nuns")
Especially needy children were often boarded and educated at the two local "orphanages," although many boarders were not, in fact, orphans.
The Healey Asylum (for boys) and St Joseph's Orphanage (for girls) served thousands of children between 1893 and 1972.
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