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Town Day Saturday, June 4, 2005 (Free ticket required)
Trolley Tours featuring historic locations in Winchester were once again a part of Town Day festivities, Saturday, June 4th. This year we were fortunate to have two trolleys accommodating eleven tours starting at 10:00am. The tours, leaving from Winchester Common and were approximately 45 minutes to an hour long. Free tickets were distributed on the common starting at 9:30am.
Blue Trolley
The tours were sponsored by the Winchester Savings Bank and tour guides were provided by the Winchester Historical Society.
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The Cultural Landscape of the Urban Major League Baseball Parks of 1909-1923
Guest Speaker, Matthew Bronski
If you love the game of baseball and the great old ball parks, this was an evening not to be missed!
A brief annual business meeting preceded Matthew's talk.
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The Winchester Historical Society
invited members and their guests to our
Saturday, April 30, 2005, 6:30 pm
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of Winchester, Massachusetts
Book Signing Event
at Book Ends in Winchester Saturday, January 22nd, 2005, 1:00 p.m.
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at the Jefferson Cutter House, Arlington Sunday, January 9th, 2005, 3-5:00 p.m.
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Celebrate the New Year at the Jefferson Cutter House (circa 1830), viewing the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum collection, and enjoying holiday refreshments. The Cutters were one of the oldest families in Arlington. As early as 1637, William Cutter farmed in the area. The house was slated for demolition, has since been relocated to the center of Arlington, and wonderfully restored. Cyrus Dallin, was a noted sculptor who lived and worked in Arlington. His work includes the Paul Revere statue behind North Church in Boston, the Moroni statue atop Salt Lake City's Temple (and a replicate atop the Belmont Temple), and the Native American sculpture "Appeal to the Great Spirit" at the Huntington entrance to the MFA. The Cutter House is located at the intersection of Mass Ave, Mystic Street, and Pleasant Street, in Arlington.
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The Winchester Historical Society present
Victorian and Beyond: 19th Century Houses in and around Winchester
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The town of Winchester possesses a rich legacy of houses from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a treasure well worth preserving. The house is an art form that is greatly appreciated in America, but that is also too often taken for granted. In particular, houses tell a story: the history of American values. This lecture will explore those values, using Winchester examples of design to illustrate national trends during the Victorian era. Victorians revived nearly every historical style that had previously flourished in Europe at some point, and many of those styles had particular meanings. Houses are the primary stage upon which we live our lives. Originality and the search for authenticity in house design have frequently competed with the appeal of historical continuity. Symbols of security and identity, the house's connotations have nonetheless evolved, reflecting changes in society and technology. Whether castle or log cabin, houses provide shelter and define the spaces of our private lives. They offer a public face to the world while also representing individual values. "Style," the house's outer clothing, is distinctive, and provides a rich index to our own as well as broadly held cultural ideals. Houses fulfill not only our physical requirements, but also embody our psychological and spiritual needs. Jeffery W. Howe is Professor of Fine Arts at Boston College, where he teaches a variety of courses in the history of art and architecture. He is the Boston College curator of the exhibition "Fernand Khnopff: Inner Visions and Landscapes" (2004). His most recent books are "Houses of Worship: An Identification Guide to the History and Style of American Religious Architecture" (2003), and "The Houses We Live In: An Identification Guide to the History and Style of American Domestic Architecture" (2002). He was the chief curator of the exhibition "Edvard Munch: Psyche, Symbol and Expression" (McMullen Museum, Boston College, 2001), and the editor of the exhibition catalog. He has written various articles on Symbolist painting in Belgium, as well as articles on American architecture. The program is free and open to the public, and parking is available. Refreshments will be served.
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Thursday, October 21, 2004, 7:30 p.m.
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Share in real-time oral histories as two life long Winchester residents, Phyllis O'Neil Williams and John Williams share their memories of Winchester life in the 40's, 50's and 60's. Both Phyllis and John have been active participants in town affairs through the years; John as a dedicated town government official (Finance Committee and Selectmen) and Phyllis as one of the favorite Winton Club performers, having brought down the house many times as a singing diva! Hear their delightful recollections while learning the process of collecting oral history, the same process that can be used to preserve family or friends' life stories. Free and open to the public.
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Walking Tour
Sunday, September 26, 2004, 1:30 p.m.
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Medford Brooks Estate: Private one-hour walking tour of the grounds, slideshow and refreshments in the Manor House. Free for members, $5.00 donation for nonmembers.
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The Cultural Landscape of the Urban Major League Baseball Parks of 1909-1923
Guest Speaker, Matthew Bronski
Wednesday, September 22, 2004, 7:30 p.m.
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If you love baseball, this was an evening not to be missed! A slide-presentation free and open to the public. Refreshments followed talk.
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