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Please browse the gallery below for all the images, videos and audio related to the exhibition. Click on an item to see an enlarged image with description or to play the video/audio clip.
The Mont Royal schooner, floating on the water. The cabin in the back is clearly visible, as well as the ship’s masts in the front. The picture looks like a colourized photograph.
A family tree representing the third and fourth generations of Desgagnés sailors. This specific chart focuses on the descendants of Joseph Desgagnés. Under the names of the family members, arrows point to their ships and their sons. Pictograms depicting each ship illustrate the family tree.
A black and white photograph of three young women holding on to a ship’s bow. In the foreground are some logs, rigging and an anchor.
A black and white photograph. A young smiling woman, hair tied back, is standing on the deck of a ship. She appears to be washing dishes in steel pails. There are a few bundles of rigging all around her.
A family tree representing the third and fourth generations of Desgagnés sailors. This specific chart focuses on the descendants of Joseph Desgagnés. Under the names of the family members, arrows point to their ships and their sons. Pictograms depicting each ship illustrate the family tree. The schooners represented on this family tree are those on which the women of the family have either travelled or worked.
A young couple posing for the camera. On the left, the man is dressed in a three-piece black suit and is wearing a tie. On the right, the young dark-haired woman is wearing a light-coloured dress with a short jacket. Behind them we see a house and a lot of snow.
A family tree representing the third and fourth generations of Desgagnés sailors. This specific chart focuses on the descendants of Maurice Desgagnés. Under the names of the family members, arrows point to their ships and their sons. Pictograms depicting each ship illustrate the family tree. The schooners represented on this family tree are those on which the women of the family have either travelled or worked.
This black and white photograph shows six people: an elderly woman and a child holding a bouquet of flowers (centre) with priests and altar boys around them. A ship’s hull appears in the background.
This black and white photograph, taken outdoors, shows a baby in a park playing with a ball in the foreground. Left of the child, a young boy is standing on the grass. Three adults are sitting in the back. The woman in the middle is typing on a typewriter resting on a small table in the grass.
A typed two-page document with a few hand-written notes in blue ink. The document is creased and stained.
Black and white photograph. A woman wearing a light-coloured dress with a motif is standing under the deck of a house. The lower portion of the house has stone walls, whereas the upper portion has wooden walls. A sign is affixed on the stone wall reading “Melle G.Desgagne” (Miss G.Desgagne).
A black and white photograph. A woman wearing a light-coloured dress is standing in front of a wooden ship. The woman looks tiny next to the massive ship. In the upper left corner of the photograph, we can see the name of the ship painted on the hull: Mont Royal.
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