Vail Clam Bake Invitation (53*)

Object/Artifact

Vail Museum

Framed and matted Vail Clam Bake Invitation: Photo by Michael Thurston ’74

Name/Title

Vail Clam Bake Invitation (53*)

Entry/Object ID

2012.081.1

Description

Invitation, "Mr. and Mrs. Vail at Home, 11:30 am to 2:30 pm, Saturday, August twenty-ninth, Speedwell Farms, Clam Bake" matted and metal framed , presented by A.R. Boera, invitation measures: 4 1/2" x 3 1/2" frame: 7" x 5"

Context

The Vail Clam Bake became known as one of the most visible symbols of Theodore N. Vail’s interaction with the Lyndonville community in the early 1900s. The annual event would be resurrected nearly a century later as a scholarship fundraiser for Lyndon State College.

Cataloged By

Betty Beattie Bolevic & Maxine Gray Aldrich, Michael Thurston photo

Provenance

Provenance Detail

A. R. Boera (Dick)