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Gabrielle Desgagnés

Black and white photograph. A woman wearing a light-coloured dress with a motif is standing under the deck of a house. The lower portion of the house has stone walls, whereas the upper portion has wooden walls. A sign is affixed on the stone wall reading “Melle G.Desgagne” (Miss G.Desgagne).

Gabrielle Desgagnés in front of her shop in Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive, 1945

Photographer unknown

Source: collection of Roger G. Desgagnés

A businesswoman, Gabrielle Desgagnés was one of the 20 shareholders of the Chantiers maritimes de Charlevoix shipyards. She ran a shop from the basement of his cousin J.A.Z. Desgagnés.