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Forum: History 11-13-2012, 07:39 PM
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Posted By oche16
Purity Farms, Madison

Caught between the Lakes and Mountains region, Purity Spg & King Pine have been our family's favorite for decades. I hope it's be okay to post my recent "find" here. Pardon the low quality scans.
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Forum: History 10-24-2012, 08:56 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 7,366
Posted By oche16
Weirs Bridge postcard c1905

Gonna have to duplicate this great penny shot next bike week... Wonder how the new round-about is going to improve things at this location, hmm.
Forum: History 06-14-2012, 06:53 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 11,388
Posted By oche16
Pic taken after leaving Gilford this AM. Life...

Pic taken after leaving Gilford this AM. Life stands still here, thankfully.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c327/oche16/Greystone%20and%20Purity%20Spring%20postcards/altonoldandnew.jpg
Forum: History 06-08-2012, 10:29 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 11,388
Posted By oche16
Marty, good stuff. Both images are identical,...

Marty, good stuff. Both images are identical, yep.

Just rec'd my photo. It's a real photo, profesionally shot, crystal clear and highly detailed. It has been trimmed -neatly, but irregularly...
Forum: History 06-06-2012, 10:56 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 11,388
Posted By oche16
This one had better be original. Unlikely they...

This one had better be original. Unlikely they were produced from the same negative around the same date, aka Type 1s. And I have no reason to believe it's a restrike, thusfar. (I collect old prewar...
Forum: History 06-06-2012, 02:02 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 11,388
Posted By oche16
Alton Bay photo

Been a visitor along this road since the early seventies (countless bike weeks'). And made this corner a hundred times on the way to the Weirs. I'm sure many of you have this masshole beat though!
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Forum: History 01-19-2012, 02:09 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 144,546
Posted By oche16
B&M RR. photo, 1915

Would appreciate some help with this one. It was the only non-Boston Braves photo on an old album page.

This is a very small photo, app 2.5 x 1", with silvering. Back reads; "looking W. Abt...
Forum: History 06-19-2011, 10:11 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 23,894
Posted By oche16
Series of photos along the Greystone property...

Series of photos along the Greystone property concerning B&M railroad landmarks.

Granite trestle
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Forum: History 06-19-2011, 09:22 AM
Replies: 72
Views: 144,546
Posted By oche16
When leaving the rally yesterday. Took some shots...

When leaving the rally yesterday. Took some shots from the approximate vantagepoint of the original postcard's photographer and a closeup on the railbed at Scenic Dr. Gilford. Sorry that my droid was...
Forum: History 12-09-2010, 06:29 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 69,492
Posted By oche16
Steam engines req'd lubrication... Were oil...

Steam engines req'd lubrication...

Were oil lamps used to illuminate the old Mount?
Forum: History 12-01-2010, 02:45 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 23,894
Posted By oche16
NMS, Thankyou for sharing your memories! ...

NMS, Thankyou for sharing your memories!

This shot of the backyard of ca1940 Greystone and Fairhaven Farm clearly shows the railroad track and telegraph poles.
Also, The large grey bolder...
Forum: General Discussion 11-24-2010, 01:25 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 4,296
Posted By oche16
Happy turkey day to the board! I'll be...

Happy turkey day to the board!

I'll be working a 24hr shift tomorrow (But thanks to our generous town residents, we're very well fed!). And friday when I get out, the missus booked us on the...
Forum: History 11-20-2010, 03:55 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 23,894
Posted By oche16
Update! Thankyou to McDude and Steve A., ...

Update!

Thankyou to McDude and Steve A.,

Now, I am able to confirm my postcard is indeed Greystone Inn. My next task is to determine the date of the roof raising.

Mike, I hope you...
Forum: History 11-18-2010, 02:23 PM
Replies: 216
Views: 211,679
Posted By oche16
Hi Steve A, Thanks for the info. It's...

Hi Steve A,

Thanks for the info. It's strengthened my geography of Guilford's shore. We'll be exploring this hood in late spring, to try to tie up a few loose ends.

I'm also interested...
Forum: History 11-18-2010, 02:06 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 23,894
Posted By oche16
Greystone Inn, Scenic Dr and Belknap Point

Hey gang,

I'd appreciate any info, old images and maps of Scenic Drive (Old Rt 11?) and the Fairhaven Farm AKA Greystone Inn.

I've found an old postcard ca1900 of what I believe to...
Forum: History 11-16-2010, 01:11 PM
Replies: 216
Views: 211,679
Posted By oche16
Lake Shore Pk postcard

Hope to revive this wonderful thread.

Im trying to get a lay of the land of our little neighborhood away from home. Although we've only jogged through LSP and Ellacoya on occasion, the place...
Forum: History 11-16-2010, 01:07 PM
Replies: 216
Views: 211,679
Posted By oche16
Hope to revive this wonderful thread. Im...

Hope to revive this wonderful thread.

Im trying to get a lay of the land of our little neighborhood away from home. Although we've only jogged through LSP and Ellacoya on occasion, the place...
Forum: Area WebCAMs 11-12-2010, 03:43 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 9,525
Posted By oche16
This may be the same guy that attacked...

This may be the same guy that attacked Farmington, in the 50s!

http://www.jimzippo.com/Quickstart/ImageLib/THE_INCREDIBLE_SHRINKING_MAN_22x28_A_spider_attacks.jpg
Forum: History 11-12-2010, 02:46 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 6,215
Posted By oche16
Thanks for the replies and direction. Im quite...

Thanks for the replies and direction. Im quite certain the Start/Finish is in front of the old ski jump on Route 11A. In June, I'll ride up there and take a few snaps from the same spot.

A...
Forum: History 11-11-2010, 06:06 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 144,546
Posted By oche16
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/531/me...

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/531/medium/20scanlakeshorerr.jpg

Wonderful presentation here. Im really enjoying this thread immensely and have learned so much about the western shore...
Forum: History 11-06-2010, 06:17 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 6,215
Posted By oche16
Gilford Cycle Races... ? Old race track location.

Hello gang,

New here., Im Steve F from Boston. Been coming to the Lakes Region since 1972.

We regularly ride up for Bike Week nowadays and stay at the Greystone in Gilford.

I...
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