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Maker(s):J.L. Wade & Co., Printers and Stationers
Culture:American
Title:broadside: Auction of Taylor Farm
Date Made:1887
Type:Documentary Artifact; Poster
Materials:paper, ink
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts; Shelburne Falls
Measurements:overall: 20 1/2 x 14 7/8 in.
Accession Number:  HD 2000.38
Credit Line:Gift of Elsie Taylor, Dora Taylor Paris, and Ellen Taylor Murray
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Broadside announcing (in part), "AUCTION SALE! / OF / Personal Property. / AT THE OLD TAYLOR FARM, IN / EAST CHARLEMONT / OPPOSITE BUCKLAND STATION AT 10 O'CLOCK, A.M. / ON / FRIDAY, OCT. 7, '87..." The "Old Taylor Farm," site of the auction, dates to mid 18th century, when it was settled by Othniel and Martha Arms Taylor. In 1879 the Taylor Family moved to Nebraska. The purchaser, Alonzo Thayer, is the person selling the same farm in 1887. In very poor condition when it arrived in the collection, but conserved at the Williamstown Art Conservation Center in 2000. See article by Will Garrison in Historic Deerfield, Spring 2001 issue.

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