Surette Family, Mexico, 1919Item 14078 info
Bangor Public Library
This family portrait, by contrast, is much more casual.
Both parents are seated and both are holding children. The message is less about status than it is capturing the images of a growing family.
Also immigrants, George and Marguerite Surrette came from Canada. George Surrette worked as a machine operator in a mill in Rumford.
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