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

Item Information

Title:
Fête Champêtre at the laying of the corner-stone of the new piggery at Ridge Hill Farms, Wellesley, Mass., Saturday, June 19, 1875
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.
Date:
1875
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
broadsides (notices)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
EP001: Ephemera collection
Subjects:
agriculture (discipline)
animal housing (agricultural structures)
livestock
festivals (celebrations)
celebrations
farms
cornerstones
Pigs
Ridge Hill Farms (Wellesley, Mass.)
Ridge Hill Farms (Needham, Mass.)
Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
Baker, William Emerson, 1828-1888
Places:
Massachusetts > Norfolk (county) > Wellesley
Extent:
1 broadside, 8 pages : illustrations ; 14 x 11 inches
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/322398
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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Notes:
Gift of Miss J.C. Stevenson, 21 December 1927.
Identifier:
322398
Call #:
EP001.01.002.01.01.003