Private landing for President Taft

The private landing used by President Taft and his family when they used the Presidential Yacht on the estate of Robert and Marie Evans(now Lynch Park), Taft rented the Stetson cottage, the summer home of John Stetson, founder of Stetson Hat Co., later owned by Robert and Marie Evans who rented it to President William Howard Taft for the Summer White House in 1909 and 1910.

Institution: Beverly Public Library

Massachusetts -- Essex (county) -- Beverly

Ober Street (Beverly, Mass.)

David S. Lynch Memorial Park (Beverly, Mass.)

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Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Stetson, John Batterson, 1830-1906

Evans, Marie A.

Presidents -- United States

Dwellings

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Cards

1 postcard : b & w

14 x 8.5 cm.

Beverly Postcard Collection

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