Community Roundup: Wolcott Keeper s House to open July 10
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Wolcott Keeper s House to open July 10
MARBLEHEAD - The Wolcott Keeper’s House, 9999 Bayshore Road, will celebrate a delayed but festive start to its 2021 season on July 10.
The Port Clinton Rotary Club Perch Wagon will be on site to offer sandwiches and sides, and the Ottawa County Historical Society s History Speaks group will entertain with authentic stories of local heritage.
The House, home of the Danbury Peninsula’s first lighthouse keeper, Benajah Wolcott, will be open for docent-led tours from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 10 as will the adjacent museum and gift shop, and the Wolcott family cemetery.
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Emilie S. Piper passed away on Monday, Feb. 15, after a period of declining health. A longtime resident of Pittsfield, MA, she spent her last months in comfort at the home of her son and daughter-in-law Geoff and Leslie Piper in Rochester, MA. Her passing, in the company of her children, was peaceful. She was 90 years old.
The daughter of Ralph and Edna Starke, Emilie was born on June 28, 1930, in East Orange, NJ. The family later moved to Pittsfield, MA, where her father was a Sr. Vice President for Berkshire Life Ins. Co. She was an active participant in school activities and sports at Miss Hall’s School, and an excellent swimmer, skater, and sailor. She was honored to be elected the Pittsfield Winter Carnival Queen.
Photo studios were busy places in Leavenworth, Kansas, in the late 1870s. Thousands of everyday people flocked to have their pictures taken.
Today, some of those pictures have re-emerged and they tell a story of an African-American community that took root in the town as Black families migrated to escape the Jim Crow south.
An exhibit currently on display at the Black Archives Museum in St. Joseph, Missouri, features a series of black-and-white portraits that have survived more than a century.
An older man and woman are decked out in their Sunday best. A quartet of soldiers poses in front of a woodsy backdrop. A young woman in a black hat looks boldly into the camera lens. All of the subjects are African-American.