Pique of the Week – Page 7 – Local History Collections

2017-11-01

Shall We Dance?

During November, the lobby display case will feature a selection of photos, invitations, and dance cards from throughout Kingston’s history. Did you know that ballroom etiquette once prescribed ladies to carry dance cards to pencil in the names of gentlemen who had reserved a dance? Or that in 1875, Kingston residents held a Thanksgiving Ball to celebrate the holiday? Stop by to learn more!

Source: Image from the Mary Hathaway Collection (MC21).

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2017-10-31

Happy Halloween!

KES Halloween contest 1952 Take a look at these Halloween costume winners at Kingston Elementary School back in 1952!

Source: This image is from the School Photographs Collection (IC5).

2017-10-26

Ted Avery’s Costume Shop

Photograph held by the Local History Room — Ted Avery and The New England Costume Co., c.1948

While going through a box of photographs, I came across this striking image of Ted Avery, holding a mask in front of his face just inside the doorway of his costume shop on Summer Street. With Halloween just around the corner, it was too fitting not to share!

Source: Image from the Local History Room Image Collection (IC7)

2017-10-25

Ted Avery’s Costume Shop

Source: Image from the Local History Room Image Collection (IC7)

2017-10-18

On this day in 1919…

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October 18, 1919 was a known as “Welcome Home Day” in Kingston in honor of its servicemen and nurses returning from World War I. The “Welcome Home Committee” presented each with a bronze token of appreciation for service to the town and country, and sponsored festivities that included the parade seen here, as well as band concerts, decorations, speeches and a turkey supper in the Town House.

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There is now a monument to the 132 men and women who “entered the service” during the war. Constructed in 1926, it is located at the intersection of Summer and Green streets.

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Source: Images from the Emily Fuller Drew Collection (MC16).

2017-10-18

On this day in 1919…

Welcome Home Parade

There is now a monument to the 132 men and women who “entered the service” during the war. Constructed in 1926, it is located at the intersection of Summer and Green streets.

Welcome Home Parade, 1919

Source: Images from the Emily Fuller Drew Collection (MC16).

2017-10-02

Exhibit: Kingston Gravestones & Their Carvers

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For the entire month of October, the lobby display case will feature a selection of photographs of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Kingston gravestones, but rather than focusing on those interred in the Old Burying Ground, this exhibit will examine the men who carved these markers. Stop by to check it out!

Source: Image from the Emily Fuller Drew Collection (MC16).

2017-10-02

Kingston Gravestones & Their Carvers

Source: Image from the Emily Fuller Drew Collection (MC16).

2017-09-22

Hello to Autumn!

Happy first day of fall! In celebration of the occasion, check out this postcard from around 1915. The message on the back reads: “We need you on Rally Day. Remember the date: October 29. Do not disappoint. Help us make this our best Rally Day. Cordially yours, Grace W. Cobb”. The postcard was not mailed, and the text was pre-printed, except for the date and the signature, which were written in.

Source: This image is from the Joseph Cushman Finney Papers (MC11).

2017-09-22

Our New Look

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