https://beta.francoamericanportal.org/files/original/8f2d28c634d80a3d82f9ee3df6b85111.jpg f2cc35b9cb836f022081d1489f2ff889 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Home Institution A link to the home institution of a digital object or collection <a href="https://usm.maine.edu/franco" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">University of Southern Maine - </a><a href="https://usm.maine.edu/franco" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Franco-American Collection</a> View Item at Home Institution A link to the full digital item at its home institution <a href="https://franco.pastperfectonline.com/photo/E6E8B8C1-BDD2-4D2D-9751-030275123390" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://franco.pastperfectonline.com/photo/E6E8B8C1-BDD2-4D2D-9751-030275123390</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Staff of Le Messager, outside their first Lincoln Street office, Lewiston, c. 1880. Description An account of the resource Staff photograph of Lewiston, Maine French-language newspaper, Le Messager. Front row (left to right): Jean-Baptiste Couture (director); P.S. Guilbault (foreman); Henri Carpentier; Omer Gauvin; Arthur Brunelle. Second row: F. X. Guay; Albert Bedard; Odule Laplante; Joseph Belanger; N. L. Gendreau; Mr. Runneau. Back row: Corine Gauthier (Dumais); Loretta Vachon; Blanche Verville (Sutton); Camile Lessard (Bissonnette). Camile Lessard would go on to write the book "Canuck", which was printed by Le Messager. Le Messager was the oldest and longest-running French newspaper in New England. It began printing in 1880 and ran through 1966. The later paper moved to a larger location at 223 Lisbon Street in Lewiston, where the outlines of the name "Le Messager" can still be seen on the façade. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1890 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Contact host institution for more information Subject The topic of the resource Lewiston (Me.) Lewiston (Me.)--Newspapers Franco-Americans--Lewiston (Me.) Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Bedard Belanger Bissonnete Brunelle Carpentier Couture Dumais Gauthier Gauvin Gendreau Guay Guilbault Laplante Lessard Runneau Vachon Verville