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Welcome to the Portraits of Our Ancestors gallery, which includes all the images and videos from the exhibition highlighting various builders of the history of Château-Richer and its region. By clicking on the items, you can enlarge the images and read the description or view the filmed interviews conducted for the exhibition.
Black and white archival photo showing a three-storey, gable-roofed hotel. The main façade boasts a balcony and a veranda, and there is a solarium on the ground floor.
Black and white archival photo of a large group gathered in front of Auberge du Lac. The guests are seated or standing in five lines, and they include members of the clergy, young children, women, and men. The log building behind them stands two storeys tall. The upper floor has a wooden balcony from which a decorative banner hangs.
Black and white archival photo depicting an elderly Rose Lachance wearing a cap, a knit cardigan, a skirt, and rubber boots. She is holding up a dead hare in her left hand. She is standing next to a vehicle, and in the background we can see fields and hills.
Black and white archival portrait photo of Rose Lachance. Her grey hair is done up in a bun, and she is wearing oval-shaped eyeglasses.
Black and white archival photo showing Alphonse Paré (left) and Louis-Philippe Paré (right) holding wooden sculptures. Some of the artist’s works can also be seen on the walls and surfaces around the two men.
Black and white archival photo. Louis-Philippe Paré, Alphonse Paré, and an unidentified woman are standing facing the camera by the side of the road in front of a two-storey building. Two signs on the façade of the building read “Paré Sculpture” and “Art Studio.” A house can be seen in the background. Several wooden sculptures stand in front of the building, on either side of the front entrance.
Colour photo of the inside of a church. The baptismal font in the centre of the photo consists of a huge seashell with a base carved in wave-like patterns. Behind it on the wall, several sculpted and painted tableaus depict scenes from the Bible in which water and waves are a key motif.
Black and white archival photo depicting a dining room with patrons sitting at tables and waiters serving them. On the back wall is a sculpted wood mural consisting of a central panel surrounded by twenty-two smaller panels.
Colour photo showing three wood-handled gouges with different shaped blades against a black background.
Black and white archival photo showing vicar Jean Moisan sitting with his arms crossed. He is wearing glasses, a cassock, and dark-colour shoes. Two women, their faces partially hidden, are standing behind him.
Colour archival photo of a wooden barn with stone foundations. We can see two windows on the upper floor and two doors and three windows on the lower floor. Three men are at work taking the roof apart.
Colour archival photo of a building under construction. We can see the wooden walls as well as the roof trusses, also in wood. In the foreground and alongside the building are piles of lumber and logs.
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