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The Duchesses of the Saint-Joseph-du-Lac Apple Festival

A black and white photograph of seven young women and two men posing behind a huge apple pie on which the words “Festival de la pomme” (“Apple Festival”) are written.

Sylvain H. Boileau, 198-.
City of Saint-Eustache. Archives. Fonds Boileau.

These young women were chosen as the duchesses of the apple festival in Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, a village near Saint-Eustache; they are posing with Paul-Yvon-Lauzon, mayor of the village from 1977 to 1995 (shown on the right in the photo).