Junius Beebe's farm, 1908
Item
Title
Junius Beebe's farm, 1908
Description
"Mr. Daley, foreman, and three of his workers, stand amid the 12-foot high cornstalks in the Beebe cornfield. It was reported that the corn grown on the farm was a perennial prize winner at the annual Reading-Wakefield Fair. Built in 1810, the Beebe farmhouse was designed as a 'gentleman's estate' for a member of the Forrester family of Salem. The house was purchased by Lucius Beebe in 1852. The farm, with its vegetable and flower gardens, milking cows and horses, flourished in the late 1800's and early 1900's under Junius Beebe's supervision. The eighth son of Lucius and Sylenda (Morris) Beebe, he was the first of their children to 'come into the world beneath the roof of the new homestead.' It was Junius who added considerably to the estate's acreage and increased its productivity." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.
Image from the Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department annual calendar, 1992
Photo courtesy of the Wakefield Historical Society.
Contributor
Institution: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (Wakefield, Mass.)
D'Onofrio, Jayne M.
Coverage
Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Wakefield
Format
image/jpeg
Publisher
[Wakefield, Mass.] : Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department
Subject
Beebe Farm (Wakefield, Mass.)
Farms
Farm workers
Corn
Beebe, Junius, 1854-1934
Type
still image
Photographs
Original Format
1 picture : b&w
Extent
20 x 32 cm.