Photo Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1912.3.1 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Title |
Addison Gage house, social event, tea |
Description |
Further description from "Catalogue of Articles in the Collections of the Arlington Historical Society", which reads: " Photograph; Addison Gage house, Pleasant Street, framed" It was likely the 1863 "Pleasant Street Fair for Benefit of the Soldiers of the Civil War." Many of the people are identified index card - see relation This summer scene and the mansion locale was made possible by the icy water of New England lakes and ponds, such as Spy Pond. It was the home of Addison Gage who was in the ice business. He initially worked for other firms, but eventually went into business with his son Charles. Together they shipped ice near and far -- to the vendors at Boston’s Faneuil Market to ports in a multitude of destinations in the southern States. It was such a lucrative business that it paid for the building of this beautiful mansion near Spy Pond, but would surely have been beginning to suffer without the loss in business to those warmer States to the south. Gage was born in Pelham, NH in 1807. He married Anna Harrington in Charlestown. When he died in 1868, he passed the business along to his son. The mansion was moved closer to Spy Pond in the 1890s and then torn down in the early 20th century. Sections moved to Addison Street when the grounds of the Addison Gage estate were subdivided for residential development by the Arlington Finance Club in 1890. The double house at 30-32 Addison Street stands as the most recognizable section of the mansion, although it had numerous alterations in its conversion. Larger copy of photo located with other oversized photos. Size: 16" x 13" |
Date |
1863 |
Year Range from |
1863 |
Year Range to |
1863 |
People |
Clark, James F. Field, William Gage, Addison Hart, Henry Hopkins, Reuben Hopkins, Ruth Locke, George Henry Osborn, Horace Richardson, Ellen Richardson, Mary |
Subjects |
Benefits (Fund raising) Building Fairs Houses Social life Stages (Platforms) Streets Tea |
Search Terms |
30 Addison Street 32 Addison Street 94 Pleasant Street Addison Gage House Addison Street Arlington Finance Club Civil War District 2A Pleasant Street Pleasant Street Fair for Benefit of the Soldiers of the Civil War |
Print size |
10X12 mtd |
Medium |
Photographic Paper |
Source |
Bailey, Mrs James A |
Collection |
Arlington Historical Society Collection |
Copyright |
Rights status not evaluated. (CC BY-NC-ND) Non-commercial use only. |
Relation |
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