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1. 0072a - Print, Photographic

   Reviewing stand at Lincoln and Main Streets, at Biddefords Tercentenary parade, September 16, 1916. Quimby and Sweetser Block visible in background. Members of Painchaud's Band are in the foreground. On the stand can be seen: Oakley C. Curtis, Governor of Maine (in bowler hat); Leopold A. Girard, Mayor of Biddeford (next to Gov. Curtis with a goatee); James H. Fenderson, Mayor of Saco; Rev. Timothy P. Linehan, pastor of St. Mary's Church; Arthur ...

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. 0613 - Negative, Sheet Film

   "York Factories, Saco, ME.", circa 1840. "From a sketch by C.H. Granger. Engraved at Pendleton's Boston." Two different copy negatives created of an engraving by Charles Granger. The images show Saco side of the Main Street Bridge and factory buildings which stood on Indian Island/Factory Island, along with an early island wharf and Cutts Mansion on the top of the hill.

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. 0637 - Print, Photographic

   View from Nason's Hill of the Pepperell & York Mills, circa 1910. The Biddeford gas house is visible center right.

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. 0774a - Print, Photographic

   Etching of the Biddeford shipyard & waterfront, 1854, by S.E. Brown. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by Marcus Watson and L. Barnes, in the Clerk's Office of the Western District of Maine. View of Water Street, Perkins Shipyard, original Main Street covered bridge and first Laconia, Pepperell and York mill buildings. [Not known from where this copy negative was produced.]

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. 0774b - Print, Photographic

   Biddeford and Saco Letter Paper. Etching of Biddeford shipyard & waterfront, from the Saco River, 1854, by S.E. Brown. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by Marcus Watson and L. Barnes, in the Clerk's Office of the Western District of Maine. View of Water Street, Perkins Shipyard, original Main Street covered bridge and first Laconia, Pepperell and York mill buildings. [Not known from where this copy negative was produced....

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. 1065 - Negative, Glass Plate

   Pepperell & York mills from Main Street bridge, Biddeford (and Saco), 1912. Taken prior to the power plant being built on the Biddeford side.

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. 1294 - Print, Photographic

   Saco River falls during high water of April and May, 1923. York Mills are on the right, and the railroad bridge which connects Factory Island, Saco on the right to the Biddeford shore on the left.

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. 1649 - Print, Photographic

   Flood of 1895, high water in Saco River. Looking downstream, a York Mill building is visible at left.

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. 1762 - Print, Photographic

   Saco River falls between factory buildings circa 1900. Saco and Pettee Machine Shops, possibly others as well, line the Biddeford bank; and on Saco's Factory Island bank are York Manufacturing buildings.

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. 1763 - Photograph, Cabinet

    High water over Saco Falls, with the York and Laconia/Pepperell Mills crowding both sides of the river, circa 1890.

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. 1784 - Print, Photographic

    Aerial view of Saco and Biddeford mill complex from Saco, looking west, circa 1960. Water Street, Saco with Poor Island, scrap metal shop and Garland Manufacturing visible. York/Bates Manufacturing, Pepperell Manufacturing, and Saco-Lowell buildings visible. [Name "Marshall" jotted on back of print, not known if possible photographer or donor.]

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. 1823 - Negative, Glass Plate

    Main Street Bridge, Biddeford-Saco, circa 1890. On the left hand side is Biddeford, the Pepperell Mills and White's Wharf. On the right hand side is Factory Island, Saco, the coal sheds and the York Mills. The Saco River and the bridge bisect the two. Copy negative.

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. 1823A - Print, Photographic

    Main Street Bridge, Biddeford-Saco, circa 1890. On the left hand side is Biddeford, the Pepperell Mills and White's Wharf. On the right hand side is Factory Island, Saco, the coal sheds and the York Mills. The Saco River and the bridge bisect the two. Modern print from a vintage negative. [Duplicate print in binder 28]

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. 2142 - Print, Photographic

    A wagon piled with furniture in front of the boarding houses of York Mills, Factory Island, Saco, circa 1890. Modern print from copy negative, original is located at the Dyer Library [back of print reads "Dyer, Box 2"]. Two postcard versions of this photo are in the General Postcard Collection.

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. 2414 - Print

    Pepperell and York Mills along the Saco River, circa 1894. Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, along the western bank and the York Mills, Factory Island, Saco along the eastern bank. View looking upriver from the Main Street Bridge.

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. 2421 - Print

    Docks and moorings of the Saco River, Biddeford and Saco, circa 1894. To the left is the Main Street Bridge. To the right are schooners at the coal docks of Factory Island, with the Cutts Mansion on the hilltop. Mill buildings span the background from end to end.

    Record Type: Photo

    
17. 2806 - Photograph, Cabinet

    Biddeford cityscape, Factory Island and Saco River from Saco. The Main Street Bridge is steel trestles. The Coal bin on Factory Island is labeled. The Cutts Mansion can be seen on York Hill. The Mills and Church Steeples of Biddeford can be seen in the distance.

    Record Type: Photo

    
18. 3076 - Print

    York Mills, Factory Island and Saco downtown area, circa 1920. View facing northward up Main Street, Saco. The Cutts Mansion is on the right across the street facing the mills.

    Record Type: Photo

    
19. 3082 - Print

    Pepperell Mills along Saco River, along with a small portion of the York Mills (in the bottom right corner), circa 1920. Good view of Saco Falls and most of the complex of mill buildings bordered by Main and Lincoln Streets. A portion of the Saco Lowell Shops is visible in the top right third of the image.

    Record Type: Photo

    
20. 3083 - Print

    York Mills, Factory Island with a view of Water Street, Saco and the Spring's Bridge between Spring's Island and Saco, circa 1920. Also visible is the railroad trestle from Factory Island to Biddeford and the Garland plant on Water Street, Saco.

    Record Type: Photo