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Summer Home of Augustus Vincent Tack

Summer Home of Augustus Vincent Tack

© Memorial Hall Museum, Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association

Summer Home of Augustus Vincent Tack, by the Allen Sisters, date unknown.

Tourists viewing the summer exhibitions could often see the paintings of Augustus Vincent Tack, who spent summers in town between 1901 and 1920. He presented a lecture on Japanese design principles to the membership of the Deerfield Industries in 1906.