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Water Celebration Program from Boston in 1848.
Not a copy. Original. Exhibits some creasing and staining from being tucked away in a book for over 150 years but remains in incredible Victorian antique condition.
Some locally famous names on here including:
Hon. Nathan Hale
Rev. Daniel Sharp
Mayor Quincy
The Handel and Haydn society of Boston
Incredibly rare
The celebration can be found online for those looking for more context.. but here are some notes:
On Oct. 25, 1848, a stream of water gushed from a fountain before 100,000 people assembled on Boston Common for the city’s great water celebration. Bells rang, rockets soared and people cheered, laughed, sang and even cried. A great civic undertaking had been completed. The great day began with a 100-gun salute and an immense parade through the city. Mayor Quincy gave a speech, at the end of which he asked if the people of Boston were ready for Cochituate water. The crowd roared, the gates opened and a stream of water 80 feet high burst from the Frog Pond Fountain.
School children sang an ode written by poet James Russell Lowell for the occasion.
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