Barney, did you ever see picture of the old hotels in Wolfeboro? They were also amazing!!

What would you choose?
 

Amazing photos. I feel certain I've seen some of them in prior strings over the years but never with such clarity.

As a conversation starter I'll sometimes ask someone what they would choose if they had a choice of:

1. Going back in time 100 years and spending a week exploring the Lake Winni region.
OR
2. Going forward in time 100 years and spending a week exploring the Lake Winni region.

I'd choose to GO BACK in time. What a trip it would be to see the mostly natural lake shores, the towns that have since developed into small cities or resorts, and the little hamlets on the northeast side of the lake that perhaps haven't changed so much in all that time. I'd stay away from the future since maybe I'm afraid of what I'd find.

What would you choose and why?

Of all the photos I've seen in this string and on this site, I think this is my favorite. I love all the landscapes but nothing gets to the heart of the lakes region more than close-ups of real people carrying on in their normal lives. I love the intimacy of this scene and wish there were more like it. This photo was taken 118 years ago yet, through it, I almost feel like I'm there.

Photo of three girls...
 

I also love this photo...

Look at their shoes!!!

Even later, Better Shoes—Yet...
 

Twenty-five years later, those shoes would have been gold...:eek2:

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(Writer was from this area).
:look:

I met the author last Patriots Day. He was giving a talk about his experiences before during and after the war. Wonderful gentleman and a very interesting read!


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With the jeans and scarf she's right in style for 2019, but there's not a lot of girls who were wearing jeans in those days.

These are fabulous! Oh, to go back and see the lake at that time. Thank you for sharing.

That's s a structure around 10' tall. Kinda of large for a nav aid.

Maybe an outhouse...Although it's built over the water.

looks more like a ticket booth of some sort

Here's a little closer look. Yes, maybe a booth. Looks like the top facing square might be a hinged door/dutch window?

How these individuals are dressed just makes me sweat looking at the photos!


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Re Pic in post #64
 

Thanks for the close up. If the lady is 5' tall, this structure could be 15' tall. I agree with a vending or ticket booth of some sort, but I would have expected signage. Perhaps a panel or two fold down and there is signage on the inside?

Maybe....
 

Perhaps the structure is related to the Bear Island House, the hotel located up the road from the dock area. Note the luggage aboard the Mount Washington. 🐻

I think a light house would be located so it was visible from all directions.

I get the following on my cellphone:

"Excursion to Picnic Parties"

...not sure about the last word...
:confused:

Camp Lawrence
 

Possibly Camp Lawrence on Bear Island, which faces towards the Broads.. Looks like a season area off the end of the dock to the right. The structure could be a lifeguard tower. The Camp had a similar structure when I went there in the 50's.

Dave

Not YMCA Camp Lawrence
 

The only land mass near the waterfront area on the east side of the camp is Dollar Island which is much smaller than the land seen is this photo. 🐻

Thanks
 

Back when the picture was taken, you got more from your Dollar than you do now. :D

Dave

Camp Tecumseh?


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Camp Tecumseh For Sure
 

You can see Elkins boathouse in the middle of the picture and the Bald Peak Colony Club beach on the right. That’s the Ossipee mountains including Mt. Shaw and Bald Knob.

Nestle?
 

Check for the bottling plant to be sure!

Not quite it answers one but not the "third leg" lol. If you look at the shoes the leg of the unseen person is different from the boots the man is wearing when he has the woman on his back.

Peek-a-boo
 

Upon enlarging the photo, it appears that the person behind the lady is another lady. 🐻

Not to mention, the "third leg" isn't wearing black boots!

Hey I said it two posts before JEEP. [emoji23]


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Yup, you did. Good find! Guess I got sidetracked by Barney Bear's comment.:look:

Re: picture of Weirs Beach diving board & raft
 

As I looked more closely at this diving board I see a very large black inflatable raft that the whole affair sits on. Looks like dead ringer for the one I found out in Weirs Bay a few years ago. I dove it and filmed it as usual and posted it some time ago..

It could well be the same one I found or at least made by the same company. What I found out there was the largest rubber raft I've ever seen-at least 25 feet long minimum and to this day I remain curious about what it was originally used for and of course, how it ended up way offshore.

It had big steel rectangular handles on it and I estimate the side tube diameter when it was inflated to be easily 3 feet.

I'm always impressed with the great historical material Forum members come up with and the variety of it covering a large range of topics.

Beautiful old photographs of the lake
 

Regarding the picture of the floating dock. I believe it is taken near the shore next to One mile island. A rock outcrop on the right might be Little One mile and the “shoreline” on the left to be Half-Mile Island. The Danes had and still have shore property in that area and a large floating dock would have been within their means. One other thing, is the boathouse on the opposite shore directly in the center of the picture might be Colonial Pines Resort.


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Winnisquam 1964
 

That photo is definitely Lexington Drive (O'Shea's Industrial Park).

Yes, that’s it Top-Water. Do you remember stopping at our dock and giving me some O-rings and worms and showing me how to rig them? Still use the method today. Thanks again.


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Answering topwaters question re picture with dock. Having been a long time camper at Camp Tecumseh, Moultonborough Bay. I am nearly positive that that is the Camp dock, with Poplar Island in the front, and what we used to call the Bald Peak boathouse on the opposite shoreline. It wasn't floating. Very long crib dock.

Top-Water. I am 100% on it being Camp Tecumseh. They have an alumni web page with photos over the years. There is a near duplicate in the 1940's section.

I feel so blessed that I could identify this from a canoe trip my late husband, and sister-brother-in-law took 13 years ago when we rented in Buzzell Cove. It’s such a lovely part of the lake. But aren’t they all in their own way?!


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So...
Did the Senter House and the Colonial Hotel exist at the same time- doing the same type of business?
Beautiful places!

Edit added: Same building- different names?

Thank you.

I guess I got confused by the Senter House picture caption "Opens June 24, 1893", and the link notation, "The town became a popular destination in the 19th century, and around 1830 the Senter House opened on the site of the present-day library."

From that angle to the left corner of the boat house is actually looking at the “Hole-in-the Wall”


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Truck
 

The truck in front of Irwin's looks like a 1978 or 79 Ford 4wd F-150.

Sorry Top-Water, I was scrolling down on my phone and it must have stopped just right (or wrong). I didn’t even know there was a second photo until I read your reply and scrolled back to see what you were talking about. mea culpa


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That was the hurricane of 1938 apparently. It hit NH hard.