National Geographic has re-published a photograph of seven siblings in the scenic Saguenay-Lac St-Jean region of Quebec as part of the magazine’s 125 anniversary celebrations. The colour photo of the five girls and two boys sitting on a wooden fence was taken at l’Anse-St-Jean and was published in a 1939 issue.
The photo now appears on a special National Geographic blog and is entitled “Gentle Folk Settle Stern Saguenay” and the caption reads:
“Seven little sit-down strikers bask in the sun on a Split rail fence … These brothers and sisters — Rita, Ligette, Françoise, Vital, Colombe, Marc and Germaine — are supposed to be driving the cows home for evening milking. Printing on Germaine’s dress indicates the cloth once served as a sugar or flour sack. Behind the young herders, mountains enclosing L’Anse St-Jean slope away to the Saguenay.”
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