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Item 33831
Grammar schools graduation program, Biddeford, June 1928
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library
Date: 1928-06-24
Location: Biddeford
Media: Ink on paper
Item 31236
Mark Gould report card, Biddeford, 1854-55
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library
Date: 1855
Location: Biddeford
Media: Ink on paper
Item 52003
Biddeford High School, Alfred Street, ca. 1910
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library
Date: 1910
Location: Biddeford
Media: Postcard
Exhibits Showing 3 of 21 View All
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Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry
The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.
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May Baskets, a Dog, and a Party for Children
Two women thinking intruders were coming into their Biddeford Pool home, let the dog out to chase them away. Later, they discovered the truth about the noise at their door.
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Graduations -- and schools -- in the 19th through the first decade of the 20th century often were small affairs and sometimes featured student presentations that demonstrated what they had learned. They were not necessarily held in May or June, what later became the standard "end of the school year."
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project
Highlights of Biddeford history presented by McArthur Public Library, Biddeford Historical Society, and Biddeford High School’s Project ASPIRE class. The site explores shipbuilding, the Civil War homefront, women’s clubs, influential residents, and some of the city’s famous artists and inventors.
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