Keywords: downtown Biddeford
Item 33831
Grammar schools graduation program, Biddeford, June 1928
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1928-06-24 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper
Item 33846
Biddeford and Saco downtowns, ca. 1887
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1887 Location: Biddeford; Saco Media: Ink on paper
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.
Exhibit
Maine Streets: The Postcard View
Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.
Site Page
"Pandora University of Southern Maine Biddeford and Saco were up-and-coming areas when the Civil War struck."
Site Page
"Photograph by Jamiee Beatson, Biddeford High School. X Biddeford, however, has other plans for itself."
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
Spiros Droggitis: From Biddeford to Washington DC and back
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A Greek family's impact: from the iconic Wonderbar Restaurant to Washington DC
