BERMUDA - Lily Field in Bloom

Description: BERMUDA - Lily Field in Bloom - 1950: The sixth of eight children, Russell Hastings was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts in 1835. During the American Civil War he became a second lieutenant in the Ohio Volunteer Army. During the battle of Winchester he was severely wounded and nearly died. Next he became adjutant general on the staff of Major General Rutherford Hayes – later to become U.S. President – and at the close of the war he was brevetted brigadier general. In 1865 he was elected to the Ohio Legislature and two years later was appointed U.S. Marshall for the Northern District of Ohio. Having spent a winter in Bermuda due to his poor health, General Hastings and his wife Emily – niece of President Hayes – made Bermuda their permanent home in 1879. In 1883 they bought some 50 acres of land in Point Shares for $8,000 and built their home ‘Soncy’. Before moving to Bermuda General Hastings formed a partnership with a florist in New York and established a business raising Easter lily bulbs for export to the United States. As he cultivated more and more fields in Point Shares, he cultivated around 300,000 Easter Lilies a year, shipping them to New York, England and Holland. This Linen Era postcard, published in 1950, is in good condition. Yankee Store, Bermuda. No. 409.

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Location: Brooklyn, New York

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