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
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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
- – image/jpg
- – 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 24 - Reading the thank you and welcome address to Lafayette
description- – Reading the address of welcome and thank you to Marquis de la Lafayette, the French General who served in the American Revolutionary War, during Episode V, The Reception of Lafayette, in the Lancaster, Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July Pageant. After Lafayette was received on the church steps, Lafayette and Rev. Dr. Thayer walk through the Arch of Welcome. The welcome address, as seen in the photograph, is then read by Rev. Dr. Thayer in the center of the common. Lafayette, played by Thomas F. Temple, is in the white hat, and his son, George Washington Lafayette, played by Harmar Morse, is in the light colored suit. Behind the welcome arch are the Bolton Rifles seated on their horses. 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 Escorted by the chairman of the selectmen and the others, the guests walk under the arch of welcome, and are received at the church steps by the Rev. Dr. Thayer, who walks with Lafayette to the centre of the common, and there reads his address.
- – Lancaster (Mass.)--History--Drama
- – Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834--Travel--United States--Massachusetts
- – 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
- – image/jpg
- – Image is the twenty-fourth 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
- – image/jpg
- – 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 22 - Young boys playing in front of the arch of welcome for Lafayette
description- – Young boys playing in front of the arch of welcome for Marquis de la Lafayette, the French General who served in the American Revolutionary War, during Episode V, The Reception of Lafayette, in the Lancaster, Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July Pageant. A group of women and girls string the garlands on the welcome sign. The man in the top hot and white suit is the Lancaster schoolmaster. 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.A punch is prepared for the festive occasion, and then the town clerk and his wife and daughter drive across the green and dismount, and he takes complete charge of everything. His old horse is unharnessed from chaise, and a hostler cleans and saddles the animal, while the constable has a hard time trying to drag the chaise off the scene, the boys being mischievous.
- – Lancaster (Mass.)--History--Drama
- – Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834--Travel--United States--Massachusetts
- – 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
- – image/jpg
- – Image is the twenty-second photograph in the Lancaster Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July Pageant Exhibition created by the Thayer Memorial Library.
- – English
Pageant Exhibition Panel 21 - The Raising of the Flag at the Reception to Lafayette
description- – Young boys surrounding the man raising the flag in preparation for the arrival of Marquis de la Lafayette, the French General who served in the American Revolutionary War, during Episode V, The Reception of Lafayette, in the Lancaster, Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July Pageant. The boys are pointing upwards at the flag. Behind them, men are staking in the arch of welcome to Lafayette. 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.EPISODE V THE RECEPTION TO LAFAYETTESYNOPSIS The scene opens with the preparations for the reception to the distinguished visitor. The town constable, followed by the boys of the village, enters the common and raises the flag, not without difficulty. Meanwhile a group of young men enter, bearing an arch of welcome, which they set up. And the girls of Lancaster flock in with garlands or flowers for its adornment.The village schoolmaster directs the activities of the young people. He attempts to train the boys in the art of polite salutation, as does also a young schoolmistress with a group of girls in her charge.
- – Lancaster (Mass.)--History--Drama
- – Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834--Travel--United States--Massachusetts
- – 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
- – image/jpg
- – Image is the twenty-first photograph in the Lancaster Massachusetts 1912 Fourth of July Pageant Exhibition created by the Thayer Memorial Library.
- – English
Postcard : London. St. Paul's From Ludgate Hill
subjectcollectiondate- – 1924-1930
- – 3.25" x 5.25"
Postcard : University Arms Hotel, Cambridge, England
subjectcollectiondate- – 1924-1930
- – 5.5" x 3.75"
Postcard : Tower of London, Shewing [sic] Tower Bridge, London
subjectcollectiondate- – 1924-1930
- – 5.25" x 3.5"
Postcard : London. The Lake. St. James's Park, and Buckingham Palace
subjectcollectiondate- – 1924-1930
- – 5.25" x 3.25"
Postcard : Chateau Frontenac and Slide in Dufferin Terrace, Quebec, Canada
subjectcollectiondate- – 1924-1932
- – 5.5" x 3.5"
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