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1. 0525 - Negative, Sheet Film

   City Building, Main and Adams Street, Biddeford, 1888. At this time the Post Office and First National Bank were both located in the City Building, along with offices and the City Opera House. The rounded corner of the Thacher Hotel/Biddeford House is visible, without its portico. This shows the building both after the belltower was added and after the addition of electrical and telegraph/telephone poles to the city in 1887.

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. 0526 - Negative, Sheet Film

   Early view of Biddeford's City Building (1860-1894), Main and Adams Streets, circa 1870. Cornerstone was laid July 4, 1860. This shows the building prior to the addition of the bell tower, and before the addition of telephone/electrical poles in the city. Also visible is the original portico of the Biddeford House/Thacher Hotel, with a horse and carriage parked along-side. Various businesses operated here, including the First National Bank, York ...

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. 0743 - Print, Photographic

   Hotel Thacher, Main Street, Biddeford, 1955. Built in 1847 and opened as the "Biddeford House", this brick block with 100 rooms was the largest hotel in York County at the time. The name was later changed to honor Biddeford's famous Judge George Thacher, who was member of both the Continental Congress and then the first U.S. Congess in 1789.

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. 0744 - Print, Photographic

   Biddeford House, Main Street, Biddeford, circa 1855. John C. Robbins, whose name is on the portico, was the proprietor. The building was only about 8 years old when this photograph was taken.

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. 0744a - Print, Photographic

   Etching of Biddeford House, Main Street, Biddeford by Kilburn-Mallory of Boston, circa 1855. The name of the proprietor at the time of this etching, T.K. Lane, can be seen on the portico.

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. 0773 - Print, Photographic

   Biddeford to Kennebunk stagecoach handbill, 1855. In 1855 there was railroad service between Biddeford and Boston (the trip took 5 hours) but stagecoach lines were still running to Portland, Old Orchad and Kennebunk as well as to Alfred, Buxton, and Fryeburg. This picture of a handbill of 1855 shows the type of stagecoach in use to carry passengers from the Biddeford House to the Camp Meeting Grounds in Kennebunk. ~text written about 1955. [Owner...

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. 1609 - Photograph, Cabinet

   John C. Robbins of Biddeford, proprietor of Biddeford House, circa 1870. Father of Ralph Robbins.

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. 1610 - Print, Photographic

   John C. Robbins of Biddeford circa 1870 - proprietor of Biddeford House. Father of Ralph Robbins.

   Record Type: Photo