Category Archives: Holidays

A timely favorite

Posted on March 16, 2013 by

One of the things I love about this blog is the list of search terms that people use to get here.  It’s like a secret glimpse of what they want, and the sometimes very specific and other times wildly divergent … Continue reading →

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“This view is beautiful”

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

Putting together an exhibit for Valentine’s Day, I found this postcard. Cataloging it for our online picture collection (coming soon!), I found this subject heading in the LOC’s TGM: ”Courtship. Use for Courting, Flirtation, Wooing.” Yes, I think that just does … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving from the Viking horde

Posted on November 21, 2012 by

Staged to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Pilgrim’s landing, the 1921  Pageant of the Pilgrim Spirit was a sprawling, epic production.  Among its stranger elements — ranking alongside William Bradford’s premonition of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and the Prologue and … Continue reading →

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Happy Valentines Day

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

“To Russell from Wilfred” Source: Loring Postcard Collection

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Happy holidays!

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

 

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New exhibit: Laddie, A Christmas Story

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

In 1928, the first and second graders in one of the Kingston schools wrote a short book about Laddie, the dog who saved Christmas. As Elspeth Hardy, their teacher and editor,  wrote in the preface, “The children worked collectively; one … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

  And for more Thanksgiving goodness, see here and there!

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Trick or treat!

Posted on October 21, 2011 by

If you need any ideas for your Halloween festivities, here are the costume winners from a few decades back.

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Picnic on the lawn

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

Back when the Library was on the other side of the street, the Kingston Inn occupied our current site at the corner of Green and Summer.  Originally called the Patuxet House, the hotel was built in 1854 by Josiah Cushman … Continue reading →

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New Exhibit: Summertime

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

This month’s exhibit celebrates summer in Kingston with picnics and parades, fresh sweet corn from the farmer’s market, swimming, fishing, and just lounging on the grass eating ice cream. Here’s the front of a float in Kingston’s 200th Anniversary Parade, … Continue reading →

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