Lakes Region Photo History On-Line

[mcdude]

Here's the LINK

from the Laconia Daily Sun

Lakes Region photo history now available online
LACONIA — Five years of planning, grants and hundreds of volunteer hours culminated yesterday in a small gathering of history buffs in Rotary Hall, a meeting room located in the lower level of the Public Library. The event was the “virtual” ribboncutting for Lakes Region History Online, a database for digitized historical photographs, documents and other artifacts. Library Director Randy Brough said the site will initially contain digital files created from items in the collections of the library, the Laconia Historical and Museum Society and the Historic Belknap Mill. He said it was his hope for the project to eventually serve as a database for many, if not all, of the history-minded organizations of the Lakes Region. “That’s our goal,” he said, adding that the Sandwich Historical Society and the Thompson-Ames Society in Gilford had already expressed interest. Brough said the project started with a grant from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation’s Corporate Fund, which made it possible for a cataloguer to be hired to create an initial cache of digital files. More recently, a grant from Laconia Savings Bank allowed for the purchase of software and a large scanner. The resulting website can be seen at Laconia.pastperfect-online.com (note the lack of the www. prefix). “We’re happy with it,” said Brough. “Many communities, many organizations, will benefit from this collaboration,” said John Moriarty, executive director of the Historic Belknap Mill. He credited much of the collaboration to Jenna Carroll-Plante, executive director of the Laconia Historical and Museum Society. Carroll-Plante said volunteers had so far digitized 801 photos and documents for the database. “Our goal was 400, we got carried away.” They will continue, but with upwards of 100,000 items in their collection, adding to the digital library will be a never-ending task, especially considering that each document takes about 30 minutes to scan, describe and catalog. Images on the site are available fore personal and educational use, those who wish to publish photos must make a written request. The images on the site will appear with a “water mark,” a superimposed mark that will discourage unauthorthed ized use of the images. Those who wish to may purchase a print of any of the images. Prices range from $10 for a four by six inch print to $35 for a 20” by 30”. Proceeds from the print sales will be used to catalog more images. Viewers can search for images of a particular street or location, person, organization or for items from a particular year. However, for people who just want to see some historic photos, there’s also a “random search” button that brings up an assortment of images. “This is just really fun to go through,” said Carroll-Plante. “I hope you all enjoy using it,” she said. — Adam Drapcho

Here's a link to those photos having specifically to do with WINNIPESAUKEE

[mcdude]

Hi Mxxxxxx-

You know… it’s on my list to post something to the forum because I hope it would be of interest. I always use the forum when I’m trying to help people with research inquiries or do research for upcoming exhibits. Thank you for your request; that’s fine if you want to post a few. I appreciate your help.

Jenna

Jennifer Carroll-Plante
Executive Director
Laconia Historical & Museum Society

POSTED WITH PERMISSION for educational purposes only.
This black and white photograph depicts North Beach, located just east of the marina entrance to Lakeshore Park on Lake Winnipesaukee.

In the foreground is the beach with several people, young and old, lying on towels ,standing on the beach, and in the water. Along the shore of the lake in the foreground is a canoe pulled ashore. There are additional small boats and a sailboat pulled ashore in the background. There is another boat moored in the bay. On the far right are trees ligning the beach. On the back is labeled ”Gift Mrs. Edward Atkinson

USED WITH PERMISSION - for educational purposes only. See http://laconia.pastperfect-online.com/
This color photograph/postcard depicts the Boardwalk in The Weirs.

In the foreground are railroad tracks leading from the bottom left to the right. There are three children, a girl and two boys,walking along the Boardwalk on the right side of the picture. In the middle ground are several automobiles parked along the side of the road. There are parking meters in front on the parking areas. On the other side of the road are several gift shops, arcades, and shops. On the building on the far left is a sign labeled ”Gifts”. The building next to that one has a sign labeled ”Half Moon”. There are utility poles along the road in front of the shops. In the background is a church located on the hill. There are several trees in the background as well. On the back is labeled ”Weirs Beach, N.H. Weirs Beach is a popular resort on the western shores of Lake Winnipesaukee and is the scene of much summer activity. Shown here is its spacious boardwalk and complete shopping area. Photo by Don Sieburg”. Also on the back is labeled ”N.H./Vt. Plastichrome Distributor - Don Sieburg, New London, N.H.” as well as ”Plastichrome by Colourpicture Publishers Inc., Boston 15, Mass., U.S.A.”

This black and white photograph depicts the Orchard View Observatory atop Tower Hill in the Weirs.

This building appears to be a nine story tower. It is sheathed in white painted clapboards with dark trim. There are 2 2/2 windows every other floor in each visible facade (one can see the northeast and southeast facades of the structure). The roof appears to be flat. The top two floors appear to have open window slots through which one can view Lake Winnipesaukee and the surrounding area. Painted on the northeast facade is: ”Orchard View / Observatory. / Full View / Of / White Mountains / and / Lake Scenery.” The building is anchored to the ground via cables on each corner.
There are three men posed on a large wooden platform at the base of the tower. One leans with his hand against the corner of the building while the other two sit at the edge of the platform. They wear hats, trousers, and jackets.
In the foreground one can see the dirt track of Tower Street. The road is rutted and filled with large granite rocks. Along the side runs an unpainted board fence with four rails between each post. There are two visible fruit trees on the other side of the fence.

Jerry's Shore Diner

Was this located where the abandoned Burger King is today? If you dig deeper in the archives you can find a few photos of Spider and Jerry.
This black and white negative depicts the exterior of the Shore Diner during open hours.

Image shows many cars parked out front. A tilting ”Shore Diner. air conditioned.” sign is in the parking lot. A telephone booth is at the far end.This black and white negative depicts the exterior of the Shore Diner during open hours.

[dayvsea]

Nice to see but that watermark! A bit much for easy viewing.. Good collection nonetheless..