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Metadata
Title |
Creek Farm Centennial Garden Party |
Call# |
E 1032 |
Object Name |
Ephemera |
Object ID |
E 1032 |
Published Date |
2005 |
Summary |
Invitation, ticket, and program for a garden party at Creek Farm, held on August 27, 2005, during the centennial celebration of the Portsmouth Peace Conference. The party evoked the one given by Agnes Carey 100 years earlier and was held for the benefit of Synergy Group, an association of four historic houses in Portsmouth. Invitation from the Portsmouth Historical Society and Japan-America Society of New Hampshire features a photograph of Alida Carey at Creek Farm (from the collection of Douglas Carey). Program includes brief history of the Carey family and Creek Farm as well as their role in the peace negotiations between Russia and Japan; also, a schedule of events throughout the day, including theatrical and musical performances. Ticket includes envelope addressed to the Portsmouth Historical Society. (Four items) |
Subjects |
Anniversaries Cards Centennial celebrations Garden parties Invitations Music Peace treaties Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 Theatrical companies Theatrical productions Treaty of Portsmouth (1905) |
People |
Barth, Robert L. Candee, Richard M. Carey, Agnes Laura Mary Whiteside, 1860-1932 Carey, Arthur Astor, 1857-1923 Gulick, Alida Carey, 1893-1983 |
Search Terms |
Creek Farm Historic New England (formerly Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities) Japan-America Society of New Hampshire John Paul Jones House (Middle Street) Lear, Tobias House (Hunking Street) Little Harbor Chapel Little Harbor Road Piscataqua Savings Bank Pontine Movement Theatre Portsmouth (N.H.) Portsmouth Athenaeum Portsmouth Historical Society Portsmouth Peace Treaty Anniversary Committee Sheraton Hotel Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests Strawbery Banke Synergy Group (Portsmouth, N.H.) Treaty of Portsmouth Treaty of Portsmouth 100th Anniversary Warner House (Daniel Street) Wentworth-Gardner House (Mechanic Street) Portsmouth Brewery and Restaurant (Market Street) |
Physical Description |
11 x 15 cm. |
Relation |
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