Category: Object

Alfred Lévesque’s death certificate.

More than 1,000 people are said to have attended his funeral at Edmundston Cathedral, attesting to his extensive network of acquaintances. Albertine, his wife, died on December 28, […]

Correspondence from Father Ouellet to the Bishop of Rimouski on February 3, 1927.

As a result of a car accident in 1925 a shipment of contraband fell off the Trois-Pistoles Bridge.

The different means used by our smugglers clearly demonstrate their ingenuity:      – Farms and chicken coops become warehouses.      – Bottles of alcohol were sometimes hidden in hay bales, […]

A Hand Brand can of that period.

Hand Brand was one of the most profitable spirits that was sold. It was an inexpensive drink distilled in the Saint-Pierre-and-Miquelon islands. It had a high alcohol content, […]

A type of still used in the past.

A still was the primary tool of anyone making alcohol. It consisted of several parts. First, there was a copper cauldron (so that it did not rust), to […]

An example of a temperance cross on show at the Bootlegger Festival.

A symbol of the clergy’s fight against alcohol, the temperance cross was found in many homes at the beginning of the 20th century.