Winnipesaukee PhotoPost Gallery

Driving the '58 Century Coronado

rgilfert — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:14:54 +0000

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Driving the '58 Century Coronado

rgilfert — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:13:45 +0000

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In the Chris Craft 1954

rgilfert — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:19:28 +0000

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Moultonboro Country Store

rgilfert — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:18:10 +0000

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Description: This photo was taken at the Corner Store in Moultonboro in 1954. I haven't noticed whether this wagon still sits outside?? I remember that they used to keep a HUGE wheel of cheddar cheese inside that you could hack off a piece and purchase. My family used to refer to it as "Rat Cheese"....it was fantastic!

A Day's Catch 1954

rgilfert — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:12:47 +0000

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Description: This was a particularly good day's catch of bass during the summer of 1954. I love this shot because on the back in my Dad's handwriting it says "Rog was teed off because he couldn't hold the fish all by himself".

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Bare Bottom Beach 1954

rgilfert — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:08:31 +0000

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Description: This shot is a "flash back" to the days on the lake when you could beach your boat on virtually any island on the lake to have a picnic, swim and/or camp overnight. This photo is taken at one of our favorite places to go and picnic/swim. Our family used at call it "Bare Bottom Beach" because swim suits were strictly optional equipment for the afternoon swim. The shot is actually taken on Dow Island during the summer of 1954.

"At Speed" in 1952

rgilfert — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:00:40 +0000

by: rgilfert

Description: While this is a rather poor quality photograph, it brings back awesome memories of being out on the lake in my Grandfather's 25 HP outboard boat. I love the look on my sister and my faces as my Mom navigates the boat at full speed. This shot was taken sometime during the summer of 1952.

First picture of me at the Lake

rgilfert — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:51:21 +0000

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Description: This photo of my sister and myself was taken on my Grandparents' dock in August 1950. I was just under 7 months old in this shot. Despite having lived in numerous cities around the eastern half of our country, I have literally spent some portion of every summer since then on Winnipesaukee.

Christening My New Mug

rgilfert — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:02:39 +0000

by: rgilfert

Description: My Wolfe's Tavern mug is engraved: "#2081 Roger G. Gilfert 11/28/2008" "The Sea She Be Angry Today" and will hang in the Tavern for eternity, perpetually awaiting my return. Mug owners receive a 10% discount on draft beers for life which seems like a pretty fair deal...until you compute how much it actually cost you to obtain it. With the limitation of only being able to consume two beers per visit, that translates into (in my case) 47 lunches at the tavern. Given that there were virtually always six adults at each visit (my wife plus my son and daughter and their spouses) and the fact that I always picked up the lunch & beer tab....I compute that this mug cost me in the neighborhood of $5K to obtain.

The Magic Moment

rgilfert — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:50:34 +0000

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Description: My Lip-Lock with the Wolfe's Tavern Moose (11/28/2008)

Enjoying my final beer

rgilfert — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:47:52 +0000

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Description: Having consumed 94 different beers in completing the Wolfe's Tavern Beer Challenge (and many of them were pretty bad) I saved Guiness to be my last beer. Here I proudly display my completed beer challenge card (an 11 year work in process).

Object of My Affection

rgilfert — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:38:51 +0000

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Description: ...at Wolfe's Tavern. The moose anxiously awaits the embrace of the latest Mug Recipient - 11/28/2008

Posing @ Wolfes Tavern

rgilfert — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:37:08 +0000

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Description: (11/28/2008)....just prior to my induction into the coveted "Order of Tavern Mug Owners"

Our Celebratory Limo

rgilfert — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:28:49 +0000

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Description: ...at Wolfeboro Town Docks. After eleven years of diligent work (aka consuming 94 different beers @ a rate of two per visit), I was finally down to having to consume just two more beers to complete the Wolfe's Tavern "Beer Challenge". Our entire family was gathered in our home for the long Thanksgiving weekend and on Friday Nov 28, 2008 my wife chartered a limo to make the round trip to the tavern so that all-hands could experience my momentous event!

Cleaning up

rgilfert — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:02:16 +0000

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Description: after a "Tough Day At The Office" (1969). Bathing in the lake?? I hope, at least, that the soap was bio-degradable! This photo had to have been taken at the beginning of the summer because I remember having an incredible tan that summer as result of being outdoors all day long...and I'm still looking pasty white in this shot.

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My Summer Office

rgilfert — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:00:31 +0000

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Description: My summertime job (gas-boy) at Moultonboro Marina just prior to starting my sophomore year of college (1969)

MM Repair shop

rgilfert — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:58:59 +0000

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Description: at Moutonboro Marina (1969) My most vivid memory (work wise) from my summer job in '69 was that a woodworking expert in the shop spent the majority of the summer repairing the intricate wood deck work on an old wooden sailboat that had turned turtle in shallow water. His craftsmanship was truly a work of art. Near the end of the summer the completed sailboat was being towed under the Long Island Bridge back to the owner's home....and some kid dropped a cinder block onto the boat from the bridge and completely ruined all of the repair work!

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Marina Store

rgilfert — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:55:31 +0000

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Description: Summertime job as the gas-boy at Moultonboro Marina in 1969

Moultonboro Marina

rgilfert — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:54:08 +0000

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Description: (formerly Prince Landing) - 1969. I was the gas-boy at Moutonboro Marina during the summer of 1969 - it was the greatest summer time job of all time! While manning the store one afternoon some guy pulled into the parking lot driving a brand new '68 Shelby Mustang GT500KR...I'll bet that guy wishes that he still owned it today! This is now known as Trexler's Marina

Sunset over Red Hill

rgilfert — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:07:42 +0000

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Description: We were driving home from Wolfeboro (Aug 1977) watching this sunset develop. I actually missed the most colorful part of the sunset but still love this shot. The picture still hangs on the wall on Rattlesnake

Lobster and Steamers

rgilfert — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:07:22 +0000

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Description: on the Dock..an Annual Tradition! (Aug 1977)

Our Family's Camp

rgilfert — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:06:55 +0000

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Description: from 1919 until 1984 (taken in Aug 1977)

A Tight Fit

rgilfert — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:06:32 +0000

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Description: Squeezing the Coronado into the boathouse was a challenge during a NW blow! (Aug 1977) The boathouse opening was only a few inches wider than the boat itself...and given the Coronado's undersized rudder it was virtually impossible to steer at headway speed. The predominate NW wind would frequently catch the boat's freeboard and blow you towards the huge submerged rock beneath the right hand boathouse door. The only way to shoehorn the boat in was to come in "hot" and bang it into reverse. Every year my Grandfather would nail the previous year's license plate to the wall inside the boathouse and when we sold the place in 1984 we had every plate between the year 1919 and 1984 other than one of the WWII years when gasoline wasn't available for recreational use. I wish that I had taken the collection with me when we sold the place!

Wawbeek From Air

rgilfert — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:06:06 +0000

by: rgilfert

Description: Our Dock is just seen at the bottom side of cove and the Wawbeek Docks are on the top side (Aug 1977). The Abenaki Tower would be just out of the picture (top left corner)

Melvin Village (8/77)

rgilfert — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:05:47 +0000

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Sightseeing Flight

rgilfert — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:05:24 +0000

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Description: Out of Wolfeboro in Aug 1977. 35 Years Ago my wife & I chartered a flight to take us around the lake. I took this shot that coincidentally includes the Rattlesnake property that we purchased last fall....what are the odds?

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Captain rgilfert

rgilfert — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:04:50 +0000

by: rgilfert

Description: Honeymoon Sept 1976: This shot is 1 of probably a 1000 taken of me over the years from this vantage point. My wife has created a separate folder on our home computer to store them all in...and it is interesting (and scary) to watch me change over the years (fat & thin, hair & no hair, etc). BTW, my boat in this photo was, at the time, perhaps the ugliest boat on the lake...the hull was a hideous green color (worse than avocado).

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Driving w/ Eyes Shut

rgilfert — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:04:30 +0000

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Description: Wanna guess why she has never gotten her boating license? Flank speed, eyes shut and oblivious to any traffic around her....Vic takes her first Officer of the Deck (OD) watch. Honeymoon, Sept 1976

Honeymoon Boat Ride

rgilfert — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:04:09 +0000

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Description: Honeymoon Sept 1976: Our boathouse is directly below the peak of Mt Shaw

Castle in the Clouds

rgilfert — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:03:50 +0000

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Description: Honeymoon Sept 1976

Newly Weds (Sept 1976)

rgilfert — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:03:16 +0000

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Description: All dressed up for dinner at the Bittersweet (Wolfeboro).

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Coronado at Meredith

rgilfert — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:02:17 +0000

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Description: Our Century Coronado at Meredith Town Docks (July 1958)

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1958 Century Coronado

rgilfert — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:01:20 +0000

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Description: My Grandfather's new 1958 Century Coronado (July 1958). This shot was taken at Winnipesaukee Motor Craft (Winter Harbor). That's me behind the wheel!!

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Our Summer Home

rgilfert — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:59:26 +0000

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Description: View of our Summer Home (July 1958) - newly renovated Living Room

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The Boathouse

rgilfert — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:58:34 +0000

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Description: View of our Summer Home (July 1958) - Boathouse

Summer Home - Front

rgilfert — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:57:57 +0000

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Description: July 1958

Summer Home - Side

rgilfert — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:56:08 +0000

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Description: (July 1958) - When this property was sold in 1985....the new owner retained the primary structure but completely renovated it into a "glass palace". It still upsets me to see what was done with the property.

Summer Home (1957)

rgilfert — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:48:44 +0000

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Description: My Grandfather purchased this property in 1919 and it remained in the family until it was sold in 1985

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Bald Peak Colony Club

rgilfert — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:47:10 +0000

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Description: View From back Patio (July 1957)

Bald Peak Colony Club

rgilfert — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:46:15 +0000

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Description: View from 18th Green looking toward club house (July 1957)

Bald Peak Colony Club

rgilfert — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:45:22 +0000

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Description: My Grandfather was a member of the Bald Peak Colony Club (Melvin Village). This is a view of the club house from the parking lot (July 1957)

Wolfeboro Town Docks

rgilfert — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:36:45 +0000

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Description: Just try to find this many docking spots empty during July in Wolfeboro anymore! (July 1956)

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WMM in Winter Harbor

rgilfert — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:34:46 +0000

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Description: This shot was taken at Winnipesaukee Motor Craft at the north end of Winter Harbor. Later this marina was torn down and replaced by condominiums. (July 1956)

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Wawbeek Hotel

rgilfert — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:32:21 +0000

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Description: Melvin Village (July 1956)

rgilfert at the Helm

rgilfert — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:31:41 +0000

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Description: My first time (age six) driving my Grandfather's outboard (July 1956)

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Prince Landing

rgilfert — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:30:15 +0000

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Description: Prince Landing (under the Long Island Bridge) is now known as Trexler's Marina. I worked at this marina as the gas-boy during the summer of 1968 when it was known as Moultonboro Marina. This shot was taken in July 1956.

Melvin Village (1956)

rgilfert — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:27:52 +0000

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Description: My sister and I in Melvin Village at the Post Office & General Store

Mail Boat Departing

rgilfert — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:26:20 +0000

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Description: from the Wawbeek Docks (July 1956)

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The Chris Craft

rgilfert — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:25:24 +0000

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Description: My sister and I are enjoying a ride in our Grandfather's Chris Craft...my Dad is behind the wheel (July 1956)

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Bailey's Dockside

rgilfert — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:23:20 +0000

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Description: My sister and I ordering ice cream cones at Bailey's Dockside in Wolfeboro (July 1956)

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