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A technician visits the Cercle Saint-Eustache

A black and white photo. Seated in the foreground is a woman wearing a white blouse with a measuring tape draped around her neck. Behind her are two womean with sewing machines in front of them. At the back, there are about twenty women standing.

Source: Cercle de Fermières Saint-Eustache collection
Year: 1953
Photograph: Unknown

A number of Fermières are gathered to attend a course  with Miss Thérèse Bourgeois, technician. Hired by the government, technicians would travel from Cercle to Cercle teaching a variety of principles and techniques relating to sewing, weaving, food and hygiene. They demonstrated what were considered to be modern  as well as traditional techniques.