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Elderly French Americans are cared for in Woonsocket's Hospice St. Antoine - One resident is French-born Charles Nintot, who has two grandsons in the U.S. Navy – Antique Print

Elderly French Americans are cared for in Woonsocket's Hospice St. Antoine - One resident is French-born Charles Nintot, who has two grandsons in the U.S. Navy, [1944?] — historic photograph
Elderly French Americans are cared for in Woonsocket's Hospice St. Antoine - One resident is French-born Charles Nintot, who has two grandsons in the U.S. Navy, [1944?]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures Elderly French Americans are cared for in Woonsocket's Hospice St. Antoine - One resident is French-born Charles Nintot, who has two grandsons in the U.S. Navy in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Lead with what sets this picture apart: a resident named in the caption, Charles Nintot, a French-born man whose two grandsons were serving in the U.S. Navy. The caption places the scene at Hospice St. Antoine in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, a home that cared for elderly French Americans, many of whom had immigrated from Quebec and other French-speaking areas to work in the mill towns of New England. The date is only a rough estimate of 1944, a wartime year when many families had relatives in uniform and such stories carried particular weight on the home front. The photoprint is by Ruth Ames, and the details come from an old caption card, so they are worth checking against other sources.

Created / published[1944?]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint by Ruth Ames. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,241 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-108870

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