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“Lee Court of Filene's came to see me [...] he says, ‘I understand your theater experience, we could use somebody like you in the display department.’ [...] I says, ‘Okay.’” Hear the oral history of Edouard Du Buron here: tinyurl.com/a93h0 #filenes Image via CC
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For Franco Americans, clerical errors were common in the naturalization process: poor Edmund Renaud became Edmund Reno, forever associating him with a certain Nevadan town #reno #oops Image: citizenship certificate, c. 1901, courtesy of Siena College at tinyurl.com/cb90ss
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“When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest." —Ernest Hemingway #april Image: unidentified children in Bernard Langlais papers, courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution at tinyurl.com/3h66t6ky
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We're proud to announce that we have just been awarded a grant from @NEHgov to digitize French-language and bilingual French-English family correspondence, scrapbooks, manuscripts, artworks, personal diaries, songbooks and other personal papers. umaine.edu/news/blog/2023…
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What if Paul Revere is actually a time traveler, and the label on this photo is entirely accurate Image: Félix Gatineau dressed as Paul Revere for Patriot’s Day, April 19, 1896, courtesy of Assumption University at tinyurl.com/3649jkyc
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“I’d warm up a piece of hardwood on the stove. Take it into the [automobile] boot, put it under my feet, wrap the blanket up [with] my mother’s raccoon coat on top.” –Simone Michaud, 1981, courtesy of UMaine at tinyurl.com/mrxeder4 #maine #brr Image via Creative Commons
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This real picture postcard depicts the altar and surrounding area of Notre Dame in Southbridge [MA]. [...] The banner over the altar reads: "Adorons, Aimons, Remercions.” #mahistory Image and description courtesy of Assumption University at tinyurl.com/mp9bshpr
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The McArthur Public Library, in Biddeford, Maine, is not only a delightful place to visit but a repository for many Franco-American records. View them on FADA: tinyurl.com/bdevbwre Image: courtesy of McArthur Library
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Can we return to the days when this was an acceptable choice of musical instrument? Image: a reproduction les gigueux, used by Franco Americans as a musical instrument, courtesy of Siena College at tinyurl.com/2p8yxtem
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