Jacob’s well

From the collections of PVMA • Digital image © Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Assoc. • Image use information

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Spiritualists subscribed to what were, for the time, radical ideas such as full equality between men and women and the possibility of contacting the spiritual realm through seances and mediums. Lake Pleasant was a spiritualist community set in a pine grove in Montague, Massachusetts. Before a fire in 1907 destroyed nearly everything at Lake Pleasant, children like the girl shown here, spent summers enjoying the clean air and restorative waters. Some families lived in wooden structures, while others set up canvas tents on platforms. Water for drinking, cooking and bathing was pumped from the ground by hand.

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Item typeDocumentary Photograph
Postcard
PhotographerW. M. Waite
Date1904
PlaceMontague, Massachusetts
TopicReligion, Church, Meetings & Revivals
Family, Children, Marriage, Courtship
EraProgressive Era, World War I, 1900–1928
MaterialPaper
Process/FormatB&W paper; Photography
Catalog #1999.03.0037
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W. M. Waite, photographer. Jacob’s well. Photograph. 1904. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1999-03-0037/. Accessed on October 11, 2024.

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