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1. 0431A - Postcard

   Copy of a color postcard showing the Hotel Thacher, Main and Adams Streets, circa 1915.

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. 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

   
3. 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

   
4. 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

   
5. 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

   
6. 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

   
7. 0966 - Print, Photographic

   Thacher Hotel, City Hall and businesses in the area of Main Street by Lincoln and Adams Streets, 1955. The city is decorated for Biddeford's city centennial celebration.

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. 1058a - Negative, Glass Plate

   Main Street, Biddeford, during the noon hour lunch rush, 1912. A trolley makes it way down the street, as ladies cross the street toward the Pepperell Mills. This is corner where Washington Street meets Main.

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. 1058b - Negative, Glass Plate

   Mill workers during the noon hour rush, Main Street, Biddeford, 1912.

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. 1058c - Negative, Glass Plate

    Main Street, Biddeford, during the mill lunch hour, 1912. People hurry across the street, and gather on the sidewalks, near where Washington Street meets Main, waiting for the mill bell to ring warning that the lunch break has ended.

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. 1058d - Print, Photographic

    Main Street during the mill lunch hour, Biddeford, 1912. Mill workers stand about the streets during the break, and a carriage turns the corner onto Washington Street. The City Building clock reads 12:48. J.G.C. Smith, whose cloak and suit shop sign appears on the second floor of the Washington Block, had been burned out of his regular store at the corner of Main and Franklin Streets (one block south) early in January 1912. Smith was Mayor of B...

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. 1058e - Negative, Glass Plate

    Main Street during the mill lunch hour, Biddeford, 1912. People walk on the sidewalk beside Storehouse No. 3 of the Pepperell Mills, and a trolley travels down Main Street.

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. 1058f - Negative, Glass Plate

    Main Street during the mill lunch hour, Biddeford, 1912. People walk along the sidewalks, and a trolley makes its way down Main Street. The building at left, sometimes called Washington Block, is at the corner of Main and Washington.

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. 1058g - Negative, Glass Plate

    Main Street, Biddeford, during the mill lunch hour, 1912. Taken at Washington and Main Streets, people can be seen rushing about, and a man crosses the street in front of a trolley. On the right hand side would be where York Street meets Main Street, one entrance for the Pepperell Mills campus.

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. 1331 - Print, Photographic

    Summer trolleys on Main Street, Biddeford by Thacher Hotel and the Crystal Arcade building, taken July 14, 1935. Summer trolleys are distinctive for being open to the elements. The trolleys are Biddeford-Saco R.R. Co. car #246, which is passing car #31.

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. 1609 - Photograph, Cabinet

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

    Record Type: Photo

    
17. 1610 - Print, Photographic

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

    Record Type: Photo

    
18. 2405 - Print

    Buildings at Main and York Streets, Biddeford, circa 1894. The building along Main Street are (left to right): Pepperell Hall, Pepperell Counting House (with large tree in front), the Crystal Arcade, Union Block, and the dormers of the Thacher Hotel.

    Record Type: Photo

    
19. 2409 - Print

    The Thacher Hotel, with buggies in front, Main and Adams Streets, Biddeford, circa 1894. Businesses located in the ground floor rooms at this time included an Express, John Berry's druggist shop, and Fairbank's Boots and Shoes. A sign for "The Maine Ensor Institute" is visible above the second floor windows to the right.

    Record Type: Photo

    
20. 2529 - Print, Photographic

    Biddeford City Hall, Thacher Hotel and area of City Square, taken from from Lincoln St. mill tower, 1965.

    Record Type: Photo