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Description
A horse and boy, in costume for a parade in celebration of Biddeford's tercentenary, September 16, 1916. The boy appears in a starred cone hat and stripped gown, seated on a type of small platform seat hitched to the horse. A decorated Bugbee and Brown Company wagon, headed in the opposite direction, is at right. Two onlookers stand near the head of the dressed-up horse. The was probably taken in the area of Elm Street and Mason Street.
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: Participants in 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: 12.8 cm x 17.7 cm
- Local Code: 0210D
- Collection: Robert H. Gay Collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Horses--Maine--Biddeford
- Floats (Parade)--Maine--Biddeford
- Biddeford (Me.)--Centennial celebrations, etc.
- Parades & processions--Maine--Biddeford
- Centennial celebrations--Maine--Biddeford
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