Participants in tercentenary celebration parade, Biddeford, 1916

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Participants in tercentenary celebration parade, Biddeford, 1916

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A horse and boy, in costume for a parade in celebration of Biddeford's tercentenary, September 16, 1916. The boy appears in a starred cone hat and stripped gown, seated on a type of small platform seat hitched to the horse. A decorated Bugbee and Brown Company wagon, headed in the opposite direction, is at right. Two onlookers stand near the head of the dressed-up horse. The was probably taken in the area of Elm Street and Mason Street.

Biddeford's initial European population resided in Biddeford Pool over the winter of 1616-1617, to prove that the area was habitable year-round. The first permanent colonists settled in 1630.

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  • Title: Participants in tercentenary celebration parade, Biddeford, 1916
  • Creator: Robert Henry Gay
  • Creation Date: 1916-09-16
  • Subject Date: 1916-09-16
  • Location: Biddeford, York County, ME
  • Media: Photographic print
  • Dimensions: 12.8 cm x 17.7 cm
  • Local Code: 0210D
  • Collection: Robert H. Gay Collection
  • Object Type: Image

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