Button
This round diaper pin badge features a black and white photograph of a crowd gathered in a clearing surrounded by trees, with a tall building in the background. White text appears on the sock. Montfort Orphanage 100th anniversary button.
- Accession Number 2022.12.75
- Date 1983
- Materials metal, paper, plastic
- Measurements 5,3 cm
Historical context
This button was issued to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Montfort agricultural orphanage.
In the wake of the colonization of the Laurentians inspired by parish priest Antoine Labelle, seven men settled north of Wentworth township. One of the first things they did on the land was to open an agricultural orphanage. Agricultural orphanages were designed to encourage colonization by taking in orphans from rural areas ...
- Accession Number 2022.12.75
- Date 1983
- Materials metal, paper, plastic
- Measurements 5,3 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, donation by Simon Turmel, 2022.012.075
Photo by Michel Julien
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