Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield, Mass.

Title

Old Home Week, Wednesday, August 15, 1934

Description

"Wakefield's first Old Home Week was sponsored by the Wakefield Chamber of Commerce during the week of August 12, 1934. Activities included special church services, a flag raising ceremony, exhibits by the Historical Society and the Arts and Crafts Society, a products and mercantile show, sporting events, a water carnival on Lake Quannapowitt, band concerts and an historical pageant. As a Wakefield holiday, factories and stores were asked by the Chamber of Commerce to close at 12 noon on Wednesday. All factories which closed at noon blew their whistles for two minutes to indicate the opening of Wakefield Holiday at Walton Field. Between 5,000 and 7,000 people attended the day's events which included 45 exhibit booths staffed by local merchants and manufacturers, and a host of field events. More than 600 children and adults participated in athletic events which included an adult horse shoe competition, track and field championships (50 yard dash, 220 yard dash, 360 yard dash, shot put, running broad jump), hose coupling contest, push ball contest, the 'official welcome home of P.R. Osperity', baseball (Wakefield A.A. vs. Twilight League), Drum Corps Prize Competition, Indian Corn Dance, and the presentation of cash awards which ranged from $15 to ten $1 awards." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.

Image from the Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department annual calendar, 1993

Photo courtesy of Bourdon's Studio.

Contributor

Institution: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library

Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (Wakefield, Mass.)

D'Onofrio, Jayne M.

Coverage

Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Wakefield

Date

08-15-1934

Format

image/jpeg

Publisher

Wakefield, Mass. : Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department

Subject

Anniversaries

Type

still image

Photographs

Original Format

1 picture : b&w

Extent

15 x 29 cm.