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Description
Children dress as soldiers, medics, and in various other regalia and pose with decorated bicycles and carts to parade in support of the World War I. The children are taking part in a parade put on by the "Motor-cycle Club" of Biddeford, and the slogan for the parade was "The Man With The Hoe Wins The War." The participants are standing in front of the Biddeford High School on Alfred Street.
About This Item
- Title: Bicycle parade participants in support of the war, Biddeford, 1917
- Creator: Henry Goshen
- Creation Date: 1917
- Subject Date: 1917
- Location: Biddeford, York County, ME
- Media: Photograph on board
- Dimensions: 12.5 cm x 17 cm
- Local Code: 2560B
- Collection: General Image Collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--Maine--Biddeford
- Children--Maine--Biddeford
- Parades & processions--Maine--Biddeford
- Bicycles & tricycles--Maine--Biddeford
- Cyclists--Maine--Biddeford
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