Edward Lemon, Owner of the Wayside Inn, Sudbury, Massachusetts, circa 1920
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Artifact Overview
An 1862 stay at the old Howe Tavern inspired Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's popular poem Tales of a Wayside Inn. For decades, the former stagecoach stop attracted literary fans who nicknamed it Longfellow's Wayside Inn. In 1896, Edward Rivers Lemon purchased the property. He opened the officially renamed Howe Tavern Longfellow's Wayside Inn as a summer retreat for actors, artists, students, and professionals.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1920
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.1355
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 6.5 in
Width: 10.25 in
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