Sidewalk work, Biddeford, ca. 1934

Contributed by Maine State Archives

Street scene from the Great Depression. The federal government put thousands of jobless Americans to work in a variety of construction projects across the nation.

Here in Biddeford, workers install a new sidewalk. The price advertised in the store window -- two cans of juice for 29 cents -- was more than many folks could afford in the 1930s.

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Title: Sidewalk work, Biddeford, ca. 1934
Creation Date: circa 1934
Subject Date: circa 1934
Town: Biddeford
County: York
State: ME
Media: silver gelatin print
Dimensions (cm): 9.5 x 14
Local Code: ferast20
Collection: Records of the Maine Emergency Relief Authority (under auspices of the Federal Emergency Relief Authority)
Object Type: Image

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Maine State Archives
84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084
(207) 287-5795
http://www.state.me.us/sos/arc/

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LC Subject Headings

Prices
Unemployed--Maine--Biddeford
Cost & standard of living
Depressions--Maine--Biddeford
Grocery stores--Maine
Biddeford (Me.)--Photographs
Cityscape photographs

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Business & commerce
Great depression
Industry & work

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