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Building Belonging to a Woman “Well Known to the Police Authorities”

Black and white photograph of a Boomtown-façade two-storey building covered with tar paper. Two "La Salle Cigarette Tobacco" advertisements are displayed. On the right, a restaurant and on the left, a hotel.

Date : 1942

Credits : BAnQ Québec, Ministère de la Culture et des Communications fonds

The 32-year-old woman had lived in Roc-d’Or since 1936. She was a Russian of Ukrainian origin of the Greek Catholic faith. In September 1941, several citizens of Roc-d’Or hired Maître Raoul Grégoire, a lawyer from Malartic. They wanted to prevent the lady from building a new house:  “a brothel owner and a blind pig owner … ”