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Description
Raquetteurs or snowshoers from Franco snowshoe clubs pose in Biddeford in 1927 at the American Snowshoe Congress -- l'Union Americain des Raquetteurs -- annual competition.
The event featured races and a torch-light parade and was attended by about 400 people from 12 clubs, mostly in Maine.
About This Item
- Title: French snowshoe club members, Biddeford, 1927
- Creation Date: 1927-03-05
- Subject Date: 1927-03-05
- Location: Biddeford, York County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 8.3 cm x 10.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.15223
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Contests--Maine--Biddeford
- Franco-Americans--Maine
- Shaking hands--Maine--Biddeford
- Snowshoes & snowshoeing--Maine--Biddeford
- Sports--Maine
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