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Description
First grammar class of the Spruce Street School, Biddeford, for the 1895-1896 school year. The teacher is Cora Belle Bickford, and the principal at that time was Charles Walker. Thomas Locke (pictured in the middle row) would grow up to be a mayor of Biddeford. Cora Belle Bickford was at this time involved in many clubs in town as well as a reporter for the Journal Tribune.
Front row (L-R): Jere Twomey; Jerome Morin; Max Libby; Henry Roberts; James Twomey; William MacDermott; Clarence Cookson; Fred Bradbury; Bernard Stanton; Fred Milliken; Harry Moulton. Middle row (2 boys & 1 girl): Dan Doherty; Maud (Nevins) Trott; Thomas Locke. Rear row: Walter Purcell; Gertrude (Banks) Irish; Lois Watson; May Musgrove; Angie (Craig) Pingree; Lillian Welch; Eva Calderwood; Cora Belle Bickford; Helen (Stimpson) Buck; Mabel (Rumery) Andrews; Elizabeth (Tatterson) Burnie; Mellie Kingston.
About This Item
- Title: Cora Belle Bickford and Spruce Street School students, Biddeford, 1896
- Creation Date: circa 1896
- Subject Date: circa 1896
- Location: Biddeford, York County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 12.5 cm x 17.5 cm
- Local Code: 609
- Collection: General Image Collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Group portraits
- School children--Maine--Biddeford
- Teachers--Maine--Biddeford
- Schools--Maine--Biddeford
- Women journalists--Maine--Biddeford
- Women--Employment--Maine--Biddeford
People
- Andrews, Mabel Rumery
- Bickford, Cora Belle
- Bradbury, Fred
- Buck, Helen Stimpson
- Burnie, Elizabeth Tatterson
- Calderwood, Eva
- Cookson, Clarence
- Doherty, Dan
- Irish, Gertrude Banks
- Kingston, Mellie
- Libby, Max
- Locke, Thomas
- MacDermott, William
- Milliken, Fred
- Morin, Jerome
- Moulton, Harry
- Musgrove, May
- Pingree, Angie Craig
- Purcell, Walter
- Roberts, Henry
- Stanton, Bernard
- Trott, Maud Nevins
- Twomey, James
- Twomey, Jere
- Watson, Lois
- Welch, Lillian
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