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Old 04-22-2010, 04:04 PM   #1
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Default Miss Winnipesaukee Photograph - early postcard on ebay

I am selling this postcard on Ebay and thought there might be interest on this forum. Thanks for checking it out!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...STRK:MESELX:IT
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Old 04-22-2010, 05:19 PM   #2
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And here you are, in my town of Burlington, VT, and you didn't tell me

If close by, I'll give you five bucks for it.
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Old 04-22-2010, 08:16 PM   #3
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Default After the war

Definitely after WWII. Jack Irwin will confirm this.
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Old 04-22-2010, 09:55 PM   #4
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Default Not so sure about after WWII

This reference claims the original 4 "Miss Winnipesaukee" boats were built in the late 20's.

http://www.nhbm.org/trading_dock.html

Maybe there are others? Or maybe the picture(postcard) was post WWII?
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Old 04-23-2010, 07:24 AM   #5
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Talking Excerpt from Winnipesaukee History

One of the big features of the Winnipesaukee Gardens were the boat rides offered by a fleet of seven triple cockpit Chris-Crafts, all carrying the Miss Winnipesaukee name. “Those boat rides started in the 1930s. We’d take in used boats and run them until they just had had it,” says Jack. The boats were all virtually identical, 26-foot and 28-foot 1929 model runabouts, and could take nine passengers in addition to the driver.
He said that his first job at Irwin’s Winnipesaukee Gardens after he got out of the Marines in 1956 was taking people out on the lake for the popular speed boat rides.
“The rides were 10 miles long and took about 20 minutes. We’d go up towards Bear Island and Center Harbor or out to Welch Island. Thousands of people took those rides. We’d start at 9 a.m. and run them until dusk. It seemed like there was always a line of people waiting. In later years we took the windshields off so they’d go faster and we could give people a real thrill.”
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Default What you use to be able to get away with

Back in either '69 or '70 my older brother use to drive the Miss Winni. He got engaged that summer and had the bachelor party down below the gardens where they keep the boats. After a few toasts () someone got the great idea to take the Miss Winni out to see the Weirs Beach fireworks. Of course my brother had a key so 10+ of us piled on the boat. We got maybe 100 ft from the dock when marine patrol came up and laughed (he apparently knew my brother and the reason for the party) He very nicely suggested we might want to put the boat back. Imagine trying that today
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Old 04-23-2010, 05:43 PM   #7
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nice postcard! Why not contribute a digitized version of it to the Winni Photo Gallery?
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Old 04-24-2010, 07:40 AM   #8
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I have an image of one of the remaining ones at Meredith Town Docks during an Antique Boat Show in the 80's.
I'll see if I can post it; 80's is not an antique image!
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