Beautiful old photographs of the lake

[ApS]

Originally Posted by Top-Water

Another picture of the landing. Not the same quality and a little distorted. But this time looking into the landing. Note if you look closely you can see thru the building. 113 years ago. (Can anyone make out the text inside
seems one word is "Picnic" maybe)

I get the following on my cellphone:

"Excursion to Picnic Parties"

...not sure about the last word...

[upthesaukee]

Originally Posted by Top-Water

Does anyone know where this place (was/is) on the lake. Is that red hill in the background? I don't have a date on the card at the moment. At very first glance it looks like the dock at silver sands minus the little shack at the end of the dock. I can't help but think this is closer to Center Harbor

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

[Barney Bear]

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. 🐻

[upthesaukee]

Originally Posted by Barney Bear

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. 🐻

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

Dave

[gillygirl]

Originally Posted by upthesaukee

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

Camp Tecumseh?


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[Senter Cove Guy]

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.

[ApS]

Check for the bottling plant to be sure!

[joey2665]

Originally Posted by Top-Water

Maybe this answers both questions.

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.

[Barney Bear]

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

[JEEPONLY]

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

[joey2665]

Originally Posted by Top-Water

Very good catch on the different shoes / boots.

Hey I said it two posts before JEEP.


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[JEEPONLY]

Originally Posted by joey2665

Hey I said it two posts before JEEP.

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

[Diver1111]

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.