111. The Store – A Personal History of Larocque’s

Until 1971 Larocque’s independent—and bilingual—department store on Dalhousie Street was a mainstay serving the largely French-Canadian residents of Ottawa’s Lowertown for 62 years. The author’s personal story combines facts and memories—of the people, the business and the building that were also central to his family for 45 years. By Robert Vineberg.

Robert has compiled selected philosophical reflections written between 1921 and 1965 by his grandfather Joseph Hirsch Vineberg, who took over Larocque’s department store in 1926. Find Joseph’s writings in pamphlet no. 111-A as an addendum in the “Document History” section of Bytown Pamphlet no. 111.

ISSN 0823-5457 ISBN 978-0-920960-59-2. September 2021.