Social History Archives | Page 2 of 3 | Antoine Labelle, the man and his legacy

Curé Labelle’s Arrowhead Sash

This Assomption arrowhead sash, woven from wool, is said to have belonged to Curé Labelle and was kept by his friend Jules-Édouard Prévost and his descendants. It was […]

François-Edme Rameau de Saint-Père, Historian

This French historian and sociologist (born 1820, died 1899) was especially interested in the history of France’s colonies. He published several major works on the subject, including La […]

Curé Labelle and Dubouquet

The novel Un homme et son péché, by Claude-Henri Grignon, was a major success after its publication in 1933. Grignon soon had other novels on his mind, and […]

Monument to Curé Labelle, place du Curé-Labelle, Saint-Jérôme

A man and his children pose proudly beside the monument to Curé Labelle not long after its dedication in the centre of Parc Labelle. It took four committees […]

Book Covers, Various Biographies

Within months of his passing, biographers and historians took an interest in Antoine Labelle’s life and work. The works that best defined his character, however, were probably those […]

Advertisements for National Breweries

More than 40 years after his death, the King of the North was very much alive in people’s memories, and National Breweries capitalized on his reputation for this […]

Farming, Commercial and Historical Almanac, J.B. Rolland & Sons

The authors of this almanac published by J.B. Rolland & Sons touted it as: “The most comprehensive Almanac providing the greatest amount of information about the Clergy and […]

View of the Town of Saint-Jérôme

The newspaper Le Nord wrote of this map in its October 13, 1883, edition: MAGNIFICENT SOUVENIR – Yesterday we welcomed Mr. P.F. Soucy, who is at the moment […]

A Group of People at Saunderson Falls

Curé Labelle’s arrival in 1868 was a turning point in the history of the village of Saint-Jérôme. Tirelessly committed to developing the railroad and the settlement of the […]

Men’s Toilet Service

Similar prizes were offered at each of the draws in Curé Labelle’s colonization lottery. The smaller prizes tended to vary from one draw to the next. For the […]

Poster

Despite brisk sales, the lottery posted a deficit of $3,552.66 for the period June 1884 to February 1886. Expenditures, which included items like postage stamps, agents’ commissions, advertising, […]

Ticket from the Second Series of the National Colonization Lottery

Curé Labelle’s lottery got off to a more-than-satisfactory start. Not everyone could afford the ticket price, however, so a second series was instituted in short order: this was […]