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Description
The Seventeen Club was formed as a ladies club by a group of women in Biddeford around 1920. The club was organized for mail order purchases. Members would pay dues at each meeting and one member per meeting would use all of the money to obtain the purchase of her choice.
Pictured seated in the first row are, from left: Mae Tarr, Katherine Means, Maude Whitehead, and Alice Black.
In the second row, from left are: Helen Harris, Mary Cheney, Florence Walker, and Ada Whitehead.
(unknown )
Lastly, pictured in the third row, from left are: Maud Libby, Gertrude Davis, (unknown ) and Grace Goodwin.
About This Item
- Title: Seventeen Club, Biddeford, ca. 1920
- Creation Date: circa 1920
- Subject Date: circa 1920
- Location: Biddeford, York County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 10.6 cm x 10.1 cm
- Local Code: #228
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Women--Societies and clubs--Maine--Biddeford
- Clubs--Maine--Biddeford
- Women--Maine--Biddeford
- 17 Club (Biddeford, Me.)
People
- (Unknown),
- Black, Alice
- Cheney, Mary
- Davis, Gertrude
- Goodwin, Grace
- Harris, Helen
- Libby, Maude
- Means, Katerine
- Tarr, Mae
- Walker , Florence
- Whitehead, Ada
- Whitehead, Maud
For more information about this item, contact:
Biddeford Historical SocietyP.O. Box 200, Biddeford, ME 04005
(207) 502-0279
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