Fête Champêtre at the laying of the corner-stone of the new piggery at Ridge Hill Farms, Wellesley, Mass., Saturday, June 19, 1875

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Date

1875-06-19

GUSN

GUSN-322398

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Agriculture
General
Agriculture - General - Folder 1
Fête Champêtre at the laying of the corner-stone of the new piggery at Ridge Hill Farms, Wellesley, Mass., Saturday, June 19, 1875
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Agriculture
    - General
      - Agriculture - General - Folder 1
        Business card for Kendale Caviary, Dorchester, Mass., ca.1920-1940
        Suggestion for farm hands, Worcester Branch, N.M.T.A., Worcester Mass., April 30, 1921
        Fête Champêtre at the laying of the corner-stone of the new piggery at Ridge Hill Farms, Wellesley, Mass., Saturday, June 19, 1875 (current record)
        Make it with Massachusetts grown and fresher! Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, Boston, Mass.

Description

The broadside describes a festival, created by William Emerson Baker at his Baker Estate, to celebrate a new pig house. It was meant to coincide with the Bunker Hill Centennial.

Details

Descriptive Terms

agriculture
animal housing (farm structures)
livestock
festivals
celebrations
farms
cornerstones
broadsides (notices)

Physical Description

1 broadside, 8 pages : illustrations ; 14 x 11 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.002.01.01.003

Image Dimensions

14 x 11 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss J.C. Stevenson, 21 December 1927.

Places

Wellesley (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

broadsides (notices)

Other People

Baker, William Emerson, 1828-1888

Subjects

Pigs
Ridge Hill Farms (Wellesley, Mass.)
Ridge Hill Farms (Needham, Mass.)
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775

Description Level

Item

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