Keywords: Biddeford Historical Society
Item 82133
Biddeford and Saco Gas Light Company stock certificate, ca. 1857
Contributed by: Allison Fecteau through Biddeford Historical Society Date: circa 1857 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper
Item 64259
Contributed by: Biddeford Historical Society Date: 1888 Location: Biddeford Media: Postcard
Item 151492
Biddeford City Building, Biddeford, 1898
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1898
Location: Biddeford
Client: City of Biddeford
Architect: John Calvin Stevens
This record contains 25 images.
Item 151176
Biddeford High School proposed addition, Biddeford, 1972
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1972 Location: Biddeford Client: City of Biddeford Architect: Wadsworth, Boston, Dimick, Mercer & Weatherill
Exhibit
Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry
The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.
Exhibit
In the early 1600s, French explorers and colonizers in the New World quickly adopted a Native American mode of transportation to get around during the harsh winter months: the snowshoe. Most Northern societies had some form of snowshoe, but the Native Americans turned it into a highly functional item. French settlers named snowshoes "raquettes" because they resembled the tennis racket then in use.
Site Page
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Site Page
A historic mill museum dedicated to creating exhibits that will educate the community and highlight mill history; as a research collection to assist the public in locating information on the mill's buildings, history and employees; and to ensure the story of Biddeford's economic and industrial revolution remains relevant and accessible to diverse audiences.
Story
Tammy Ackerman: Falling in love with Biddeford
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Someone "from away" who fell in love with Biddeford and contributed to its transformation
Story
Dr. Norman Beaupré: Preserving his Franco-American culture
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Journey growing up as a Franco-American in Biddeford to his career as a professor and author.
