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Description
Float advertising Swift and Company products sit in front of home at corner of Mason and Elm Streets, Biddeford, during tercentenary celebration parade. The horse drawn wagon displays their advertising symbols, and signs of their products like Swift's Hams, Pride washing soap, and Borax laundry powder. The parade took place September 16, 1916.
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.
About This Item
- Title: Floats for 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: 13 cm x 17.4 cm
- Local Code: 0210C
- Collection: Robert H. Gay Collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Floats (Parade)--Maine--Biddeford
- Biddeford (Me.)--Centennial celebrations, etc.
- Parades & processions--Maine--Biddeford
- Centennial celebrations--Maine--Biddeford
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