Pageant Exhibition Panel 29 - The Audience at the Lancaster Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July pageant
description- – A photograph of the audience at the Lancaster, Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July pageant. The Pageant was divided into five historical episodes, including the Early English Fete, 1575-1625; the Settlement of Lancaster, 1650; the Massacre by the Indians, 1676; the Departure of the Minutemen, 1775; and the Reception to Lafayette, 1824. The director of the pageant was Joseph Lindon Smith. About 400 amateur performers participated. It is estimated that 4000 people attended the pageant with about 1200 people seated in the bleachers alone. The day of the pageant began at 3:30 in the morning with a group called"the daybreak patrol"that drove around Lancaster and played musical instruments and turned on water hoses to wake people up. The play started at 10 am and lasted for two and a half hours. The photograph is mounted on heavy cardboard and has text describing the activity and history depicted in the photograph.
- – Lancaster (Mass.)--History--Drama
- – Historical drama
- – Spectators--Pictorial works
- – Fourth of July celebrations--Massachusetts--Lancaster
- – Library exhibits--Massachusetts--Lancaster
- – 1912-07-04
- – Thayer Memorial Library
- – From the archives at the Thayer Memorial Library, Lancaster, Massachusetts. http://thayermemoriallibrary.org
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- – Image is the twenty-ninth photograph in the Lancaster Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July Pageant Exhibition created by the Thayer Memorial Library.
- – English
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Pageant Exhibition Panel 28 - The Pageant Actors
description- – A photograph of the actors who participated in the final episode, the Reception to Lafayette, of the Lancaster, Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July pageant. Known participants are: Standing - Miss Virginia Keyes, Miss Mary Morse, Mrs. H.H. Fuller, Miss Annie Harris, Mrs. E.V.R. Thayer, Eben C. Mann, Dr. C.C. Beckley, Lester Griswold, John Hair, Sarah Treadway, Guy Hawkins, Lyman B. Sanborn Jr., Natalie Thayer, Rev. Abbot Peterson, Edith Parker, Mabel Safford, Katherine Parker, Helen Hawkins, Mrs. Walter Stiles, Mrs. Eben Fuller, Mrs. Lester Griswold, Dorothy Erskine, Miss Esther Morse, Edith Montgomery, Amanda Fortin, Ruth McLaughlin, Dorothy Sanborn, Bessie McGee, Bessie McLaughlin, Katharine Starbuck, Helen McGee, Conway Parker, Josphine Morse, Mrs. S.H. Erskine, Miss Louise Chickering, Mrs. H.H. Hosmer, Allan G. Buttrick; Sitting - Sally Bascom, Anna Fuller, Hazel Turner, Gertrude Temple, John Malone, Harriet Parker, John McLaughlin, William Monahan, Richard Mahan, Elizabeth Gordon, Charles Starbuck Jr. George McGee, Madeline McGee, Stewart Carr, Haven Parker, Frank McLaughlin, Harry Fuller, Charles McLaughlin, richard Farnsworth, James McLeod, Clara Francis, Mary Flannagan. The photograph is mounted on heavy cardboard.
- – Lancaster (Mass.)--History--Drama
- – Historical drama
- – Actors--Pictorial works
- – Fourth of July celebrations--Massachusetts--Lancaster
- – Library exhibits--Massachusetts--Lancaster
- – 1912-07-04
- – Thayer Memorial Library
- – From the archives at the Thayer Memorial Library, Lancaster, Massachusetts. http://thayermemoriallibrary.org
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- – Image is the twenty-eighth photograph in the Lancaster Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July Pageant Exhibition created by the Thayer Memorial Library.
- – English
Pageant Exhibition Panel 27 - The Minuet dancers
description- – The dancers who danced the Minuet in the final episode, the Reception to Lafayette, of the Lancaster, Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July pageant. The photograph is mounted on heavy cardboard and has text describing the activity and history depicted in the photograph. The text for this image has been transcribed.
- – Pageant at Lancaster, Massachusetts, July 4, 1912 THOSE WHO DANE THE MINUET AT THE RECEPTION TO LAFAYETTEMrs. Harmar Morse Mr. Harmar Morse Miss Mabel W. Safford Mr. Henry B. SampsonMiss Agnes Thayer Mr. George F. Morse, Jr. Miss Helen M. Hawkins Mr. Lester R. GriswoldMiss Nora F. Thayer Mr. Henry H. Fuller Miss Edith Parker Mr. Lyman B. Sanborn, Jr.Miss Natalie Thayer Mr. Guy C. Hawkins Miss Sarah C. Treadway Mr. Edward F. Safford
- – Lancaster (Mass.)--History--Drama
- – Dancers--Pictorial works
- – Historical drama
- – Fourth of July celebrations--Massachusetts--Lancaster
- – Library exhibits--Massachusetts--Lancaster
- – 1912-07-04
- – Thayer Memorial Library
- – From the archives at the Thayer Memorial Library, Lancaster, Massachusetts. http://thayermemoriallibrary.org
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- – Image is the twenty-seventh photograph in the Lancaster Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July Pageant Exhibition created by the Thayer Memorial Library.
- – English
Pageant Exhibition Panel 26 - Close up of the Minuet dance
description- – The minuet dance performed during Episode V, The Reception of Lafayette, in the Lancaster, Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July Pageant. The dancers were Sarah Treadway&Harmar Morse, Natalie Thayer&Lester Griswold, Mrs Harmar Morse&Lyman B. Sanborn, Jr., Mabel Safford&Henry H. Fuller, George F. Morse, Jr.&Nora Thayer, Henry B. Sampson&Helen Hawkins, Agnes Thayer&Edward Safford, and Guy Hawkins&Edith Parker. In 1824 General Lafayette was invited by President Monroe to revisit the United States as the guest of the nation. For thirteen months he visited nearly every town in the United States. He arrived at Lancaster on September 2, 1824 at half past six in the morning. The photograph is mounted on heavy cardboard.
- – Lancaster (Mass.)--History--Drama
- – Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834--Travel--United States--Massachusetts
- – Minuet (Dance)--Pictorial works
- – Fourth of July celebrations--Massachusetts--Lancaster
- – Library exhibits--Massachusetts--Lancaster
- – 1912-07-04
- – Thayer Memorial Library
- – From the archives at the Thayer Memorial Library, Lancaster, Massachusetts. http://thayermemoriallibrary.org
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- – Image is the twenty-sixth photograph in the Lancaster Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July Pageant Exhibition created by the Thayer Memorial Library.
- – English
Pageant Exhibition Panel 25 - Minuet dance from afar
description- – Seen from above, the Minuet dance in the town common during the festivities welcoming Marquis de la Lafayette, the French General who served in the American Revolutionary War, during the Episode V, The Reception of Lafayette, in the Lancaster, Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July Pageant. Notice the photographer on the ladder in the foreground. During the pageant, photographers were stationed all over the town common to document the festivities. In 1824 General Lafayette was invited by President Monroe to revisit the United States as the guest of the nation. For thirteen months he visited nearly every town in the United States. He arrived at Lancaster on September 2, 1824 at half past six in the morning. The photograph is mounted on heavy cardboard.
- – Lancaster (Mass.)--History--Drama
- – Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834--Travel--United States--Massachusetts
- – Minuet (Dance)--Pictorial works
- – Fourth of July celebrations--Massachusetts--Lancaster
- – Library exhibits--Massachusetts--Lancaster
- – 1912-07-04
- – Thayer Memorial Library
- – From the archives at the Thayer Memorial Library, Lancaster, Massachusetts. http://thayermemoriallibrary.org
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- – Image is the twenty-fifth photograph in the Lancaster Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July Pageant Exhibition created by the Thayer Memorial Library.
- – English
Pageant Exhibition Panel 23 - Lafayette's coach arrives
description- – The arrival of Marquis de la Lafayette, the French General who served in the American Revolutionary War, coach during Episode V, The Reception of Lafayette, in the Lancaster, Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July Pageant. The arrival was early in the day, a little after six o'clock. The town folk gather around to watch Lafayette's arrival. In 1824 General Lafayette was invited by President Monroe to revisit the United States as the guest of the nation. For thirteen months he visited nearly every town in the United States. He arrived at Lancaster on September 2, 1824 at half past six in the morning. The photograph is mounted on heavy cardboard and has text describing the activity and history depicted in the photograph. The text for this image has been transcribed.
- – Pageant at Lancaster, Massachusetts, July 4, 1912 RECEPTION TO LAFAYETTE, 1824IN 1824 General Lafayette was invited by President Monroe to revisit the United States as the guest of the nation. He arrived at New York August 15, accompanied by his son George and his secretary M. Levasseur. During the following thirteen months he was received in nearly every town in the United States."The whole of this long journey,"says Bayard Tuckerman,"was a triumphal progress. Cities and towns vied with each other in the length of their processions, the brilliancy of their balls and public dinners; through the rural districts the population lined the road along which the general passed under arches surmounted with 'Welcome Lafayette!"At every stopping-place an orator expressed the feelings of his neighbours in language heartfelt, if florid, every surviving Revolutionary soldier became the great man of his community. The festivities and celebrations of that year had no precedent in the annals of the country."Lafayette's welcome at Lancaster was a typical incident of this"triumphal progress."September 2, 1824, he set out with his party from Boston, spending the night in Bolton at the mansion of S.V.S. Wilder, with whom he had become acquainted during Mr. Wilder's long career as a merchant in France. The Bolton Rifle Company,"in their new green uniform,"maintained a guard of honor through the night about the house, and the next morning escorted the illustrious quest, accompanied by Mr. Wilder, to Lancaster. On the way they were joined by other military companies. The incidents of Lafayette's reception took place on the village green, as here shown.The ladies of Lancaster with their husbands and veterans of the war now enter, and a townsman enters on horseback with the news that the coach, with outriders, is already in the village street, and the final preparations are hastily made, and the chairman helped up into his saddle. The coach arrives, followed by the Bolton Rifles. Lafayette dismounts with Mr. and Mrs. Wilder and his son, George Washington Lafayette. Many of the townsfolk are introduced, and Lafayette shows special pleasure at meeting veterans of the revolution.'At the early hour of half-past six, Lafayette, escorted by a company of cavalry proceeded to the Lancaster line. The turnpike gate was covered with flowers and evergreen, and bore a legend,"The Free welcome the Brave."here a salute was fired by the artillery. Nearly opposite the meeting-house an arch had been erected and elaborately decorated. The verse was composed by Caroline Lee Whiting, later well known as an author under her married name of Caroline Lee Hentz.
- – Lancaster (Mass.)--History--Drama
- – Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834--Travel--United States--Massachusetts
- – Horse-drawn vehicles--Pictorial works
- – Fourth of July celebrations--Massachusetts--Lancaster
- – Library exhibits--Massachusetts--Lancaster
- – 1912-07-04
- – Thayer Memorial Library
- – From the archives at the Thayer Memorial Library, Lancaster, Massachusetts. http://thayermemoriallibrary.org
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- – Image is the twenty-third photograph in the Lancaster Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July Pageant Exhibition created by the Thayer Memorial Library.
- – English
Pageant Exhibition Panel 17 - The arrival of bad news
description- – The arrival of the news that the first shots of the American Revolutionary War reached farmers in Lancaster during Episode IV, The Minutemen, in the Lancaster, Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July Pageant. The photograph shows a group of farmers talking to a minister and his daughter, who sit in a cart behind them, just before the messenger arrives. On the morning of April 19, 1775, the news that the British troops under General Thomas Gage had left Boston for Lexington and Concord, and that the first shots had been fired there in the American Revolutionary War reached Lancaster. The calls went out across the region, and men swarmed to the town common to join the American forces and come to the aid of Boston. In the end two hundred and fifty men set out from Lancaster. Most remained in Cambridge for only two weeks, but a third remained in service for the remaining months of 1775.The photograph is mounted on heavy cardboard and has text describing the activity and history depicted in the photograph. The text for this image has been transcribed.
- – Pageant at Lancaster, Massachusetts, July 4, 1912. EPISODE IVMINUTE-MEN A group of farmers enters the peaceful scene, on their way to work in some distant fields, discussing local affairs. Their argument halts them for a time in the middle of the green, where they are presently joined by the minister and his daughter.The farmers ask him what news there may be from Boston, but he can give only vague and ominous rumors. He admits the situation is bad, and that he is greatly troubled. At this moment the postman on his horse arrives, and, seeing the minister, holds up a letter for him, - a letter from Boston, - and this brings the latest news to Lancaster. The minister reads the letter out loud to the keenly interested townsmen, who begin to talk over the situation with eagerness.The coming storm seems to be in the air, and it bursts when a breathless rider tears madly through the common, has heard news, and realizes his position amongst his fellow-townspeople. he goes to prepare for departure."Abijah Willard had just passed his fiftieth year. He had won a captaincy before Louisburg when but twenty-one, and was promoted to colonelcy in active service against the French; was a thorough soldier, a gentleman of stately presence and dignified manners, and a skilful manager of affairs. He was the wealthiest citizen of Lancaster, kept six horses in his stables, and dispensed liberal hospitality. He was offered a colonel's commission in the British army; but refused to serve against his countrymen. He afterwards settled in New Brunswick, near St. John, where he died in 1789."Nours's Military Annals of Lancaster.
- – Lancaster (Mass.)--History--Drama
- – Minuteman (Militia)--Massachusetts--Lancaster
- – Horse-drawn vehicles--Pictorial works
- – Fourth of July celebrations--Massachusetts--Lancaster
- – United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
- – Library exhibits--Massachusetts--Lancaster
- – 1912-07-04
- – Thayer Memorial Library
- – From the archives at the Thayer Memorial Library, Lancaster, Massachusetts. http://thayermemoriallibrary.org
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- – Image is the seventeenth photograph in the Lancaster Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July Pageant Exhibition created by the Thayer Memorial Library.
- – English
Scenic spot on Wachusett Lake
description- – Two men seated on a bench on the shore of Wachusett Lake at the foot of Mount Wachusett in Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – Mountains--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Wachusett Lake Reservoir (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – Lakes--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Wachusett Mountain (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – Benches
- – 1900?
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – English
Princeton Common looking South, c1900
description- – A view of the Princeton Common in Princeton, Massachusetts looking South. On the left can be seen the Prospect House, also known as the Princeton Inn, that burned in 1923. In the distance on the right is the Wachusett House which burned in 1910. In front of the Wachusett House are a group of people playing croquet, a favorite pastime for the summer tourists who visited Mount Wachusett in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- – Princeton (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Commons--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Croquet
- – 1880-1900?
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
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- – English
Princeton Common from Upper Mountain Road, early 1900s
description- – A view of the Princeton Common in Princeton, Massachusetts, looking South from Mountain Road. The photograph is from a restored negative image. The First Congregational Church is on the left and the Goodnow Memorial Building on the right. At the base of the common is the Wachusett House.
- – Princeton (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Commons--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Goodnow Memorial Building
- – Historic buildings--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Churches--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – 1900-1910?
- – Restored negative and print produced by Bruce R. Dean in 2003
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – English
Buck's Mill chair factory, Princeton, Massachusetts, early 1900s
description- – Photograph of Buck's Mill chair factory in Princeton, Massachusetts in the winter. In 1880, Thurston and Eugene R. Buck purchased the Ephraim Wilder chair manufacturing mill on Sterling Road near the Princeton - Sterling line. In 1914, two 65 horse power boilers were added. The mill continued to operate until the late 1940s.
- – Princeton (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – Furniture industry--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Chair industry--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Buck's Mill
- – 1900-1910?
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – English
Third Summit House, Mount Wachusett
description- – Commercial photograph of the third Summit House on Mount Wachusett in Princeton Massachusetts built by John C.F. Murick in 1907. The text proclaims that the Summit house was open from May to October, the manager was E.W. Needham and that Wachusett Mountain is 2,015 feet above Sea Level [and the highest point East of the Berkshire's in New England]. The 14 bedroom hotel was operated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1908 through the middle of the 1930's when it stopped having overnight lodging. The third Summit House burned to the ground on December 18, 1970
- – Mountains--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Summer resorts--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Wachusett Mountain (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – Hotels--Advertising
- – 1907-1920?
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – English
Summit House Tea Room
description- – Postcard of the tea room in the third Summit House, built in 1907, on Mount Wachusett in Princeton, Massachusetts. Shown is a corner of the room with two tables set for tea.
- – Hotels--Tearooms
- – Mountains--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Summer resorts--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Wachusett Mountain (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – Hotels--Interiors
- – 1900-1910?
- – Published by William A. Emerson
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – Is part of the Princeton Historical Society Postcards of Wachusett Mountain collected and compiled by Windsor C. Robinson and donated by Marguerite A. Robinson.
- – English
World War II tower on the Princeton Common
description- – Tower used to spot planes during World War II on the Princeton Town Common in Princeton, Massachusetts. It was used as a back-up to the tower on Mount Wachusett during foggy weather. Inside was a telephone to alert Hanscom Air Force Base. The tower was manned mostly by women and children.
- – Princeton (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – Commons--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Watchtowers
- – World War, 1939-1945--Civil defense--Massachusetts
- – 1940-1950?
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – Image is taken from page 43 of Images of America: Princeton and Wachusett Mountain by Joyce Bailey Anderson.
- – English
Summit House Dining Hall
description- – Postcard of the dining hall in the third Summit House, built in 1907, on Mount Wachusett in Princeton, Massachusetts. The postcard shows a corner with bow-backed chairs and tables set.
- – Mountains--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Summer resorts--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Hotels--Dining rooms
- – Wachusett Mountain (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – Hotels--Interiors
- – 1900-1910?
- – Published by Everett W. Needham
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – Is part of the Princeton Historical Society Postcards of Wachusett Mountain collected and compiled by Windsor C. Robinson and donated by Marguerite A. Robinson.
- – English
Summit House Reception Room and Office
description- – A postcard showing the reception room and office in the third Summit House, built in 1907, on Mount Wachusett in Princeton, Massachusetts. The upper view shows the reception room with an upright piano, rocking chairs and fireplace, and the lower view shows the office and gift shop.
- – Hotels--Gift shops
- – Mountains--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Summer resorts--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Wachusett Mountain (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – Hotels--Interiors
- – 1900-1910?
- – Published by Everett W. Needham
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – Is part of the Princeton Historical Society Postcards of Wachusett Mountain collected and compiled by Windsor C. Robinson and donated by Marguerite A. Robinson.
- – English
Second Summit House, Mount Wachusett
description- – The second Summit House built in 1884 by Phineas A. Beaman on the top of Mount Wachusett in Princeton, Massachusetts. Called the"Tip Top", the hotel contained 30 rooms with water supplied by the windmill on the shore of Summit Pond. Tourist business was very brisk during the season that ran from May 20 to October 15th and was estimated to be around 30,000 visitor a year at its peak. Stagecoaches would pick up patrons from the Princeton Train Depot and bring them to the top of Mount Wachusett.
- – Mountains--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Summer resorts--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Wachusett Mountain (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – Windmills
- – 1884-1900?
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – English
Original Summit House on Mount Wachusett
description- – The original Summit House on Mount Wachusett in Princeton, Massachusetts. Men sit on chairs on the roof while others gaze out the windows or sit in front. A horse and cart can be seen on the left. The Summit House was built in 1870 by William G. Morse. Morse actually started the summit house in 1866 when it was just a stand at the top of Mount Wachusett that sold candy and cigars that were delivered by pony cart.
- – Mountains--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Summer resorts--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Wachusett Mountain (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – 1870-1874?
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – English
Dedication of the Goodnow Memorial Building and Bagg Hall, September 6, 1887
description- – A large crowd gathered in front of the First Congregational Church in Princeton, Massachusetts during a day-long ceremony in dedication of the Goodnow Memorial Building and Bagg Hall on September 6, 1887. Pictured in the center with the light top hat is Edward A. Goodnow who donated the Goodnow Memorial Building in memory of his wives and only son, Henry. Goodnow donated the building with the stipulation that the Congregational Church be moved to the east of the common so that the Goodnow Memorial Building would take over the uppermost location of the Common. Goodnow then donated 3,000 dollars to build Bagg Hall, in memory of his first two wives, the Bagg sisters, Harriet Bagg who died in 1833, and Mary Augusta Bagg who died in 1844. Also pictured is the Hon. Charles Russell, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. G.M. Stearns, Rev. Dr. Miner, Dr. Nathan Allen, Hon. C. Thomas Russell, Hon. George F. Hoar. The Princeton Cornet Band who played the music for the grand occasion stands to the left.
- – Princeton (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – Marching bands
- – Goodnow Memorial Building
- – Goodnow, Edward A.
- – Historic buildings--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – First Congregational Church
- – Bagg Hall
- – Building--Dedications
- – 1887-09-06
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – English
Wachusett Mountain House
description- – View of the Mountain House in Princeton, Massachusetts. taken from the south and showing the summit of Mount Wachusett. The staff quarters which also included a bowling alley and a tea room are shown across the street from the main hotel. The Mountain House opened around 1860 and by 1880 held up to a hundred guests. The main building was destroyed by a fire on July 11, 1914.
- – Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Mountains--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Wachusett Mountain (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – 1880?
- – Sullivan, Jeanette
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
- – image/jpg
- – Photograph made from the glass negative owned by Jeannette Sullivan in June 1975.
- – English
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