Subcategory Outings contains 23 item(s).
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Woodland outing
c. 1890
1996.12.0326
Taken by an unidentified photographer about 1900 in an area around Deerfield, Massachusetts, this picture shows men and women in their "street" clothes posing in a woodland setting. |
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Springfield bicycle club displaying their trophies
1884
1996.12.1110
Three bicycling enthusiasts posed in their Springfield, Massachusetts, bicycle club uniforms with their high wheels for this photograph in 1884. |
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Essex Touring Car
c. 1925
1996.12.2526
The Hudson Motor Car Company in Detroit, Michigan, hoped that naming their economy model car the "Essex" would provide "snob appeal." |
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Camp Meeting Residence
1907
1996.12.2616
The tent meeting religious revivals synonymous with the Second Great Awakening of the early 1800s had evolved by the early 20th century into organized summer camps featuring house-like amenities. |
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"Taking Tea"
1901-1904
1996.14.0596
This posed photograph of two women at the tea table shows how "taking tea" in the 19th century was a social ritual that embodied gracious living and gentility. |
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Sleighing in a One-Horse Cutter
c. 1900
1996.14.1822
In the 19th century, sleighs provided both transportation and recreation. |
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Croquet on Roots' Lawn
c. 1895
1996.14.1891
Deerfield, Massachusetts, photographers, Mary and Frances Allen, took this picture of the Root family playing croquet on the lawn about 1895. |
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Cars at Open House
pre 1926
1997.01.14
In the mid-1920s Deerfield, Massachusetts, residents opened fifteen houses to the public, attracting more that 5000 visitors and raising $3700 to care for the new cemetery. |
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150 Anniversary, Bernardston, Mass.-Parade Float
1912
1997.08.01.0011
The Bernardston residents of 1912 recalled with fascination and pride the dress, customs, and hardships of their ancestors and incorporated them into a horse-drawn float celebrating the 150th anniversary of the town's founding. |
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Old State House and Midway, Eastern States Expo.
1923
1997.08.01.0016
A photographer for the Springfield News captured this image of the Massachusetts Statehouse replica and the midway at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1923. |