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The photograph of the Old Mount: What town is that docked in?
Cool horse and buggy, too. President Theodore Roosevelt rode in one, so the photo could be turn-of-the-century.
Why is there a stack of apparently-dried fast-burning wood fuel stacked nearby? Didn't we establish that the Mount was coal-fired? Was it for a different steam boat?
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Wolfeboro is correct. The photo was taken in the 1870's sometime when the stage coach was in vogue.
Another photo I have shows the Lady of the Lake at the dock with the Mt. Washington at about the same time frame.
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Why were the lunettes carved in mirror-images for starboard and port sides?
Were they removed for safe winter storage?
Why are the "Mt. Washington" fonts different in the photographs?
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The carvings depict the sunrise and sunset over the mountain Mount Washington.
You cannot see the sunset from the lake over the mountain, so I think the port sunset depicts the mountain from the other side, away from the lake.
Pretty sure the carvings were not removed. Here she is in the channel for the winter, with the carvings still on her.
I am supposing that the Boston and Maine was taken off when she was sold to Leander Lavallee in 1922, the lettering changed then.
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What do dogs say when they bark?
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When my dog barks I think he is
pretending to protect us.
Scares away ducks and airplanes. Thankfully, not boats.
When he howls, I think he is asking, is that food and can I have some?
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Why is the sky blue?
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Green would look silly, too much of the same color with the grass and the trees.
Looks nice with the deep blue of the lake too.