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Opera House Stage set, Biddeford, 1890

Opera House Stage set, Biddeford, 1890

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McArthur Public Library

The stage set up for the graduating exercises of the Biddeford High School at the City Opera House, Main Street, on June 23, 1890.

The class slogan, "Persistere Est Vincere" translates to "To persist is to conquer." There were thirty-six students graduating this day. Initially built in 1860, the City Opera House was destroyed by fire in 1894.


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