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mcdude



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Postmark 1907 - Alton Bay. Published in Germany by W. P. Emerson, Alton Bay, NH. I thought this was the building that houses the present day post office but am thrown off by the lake in the rear making me think it may be the "Busy Corner" store, however, the building looks much different today. Was there once a fire there?
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopo...00&page=37
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http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopo...00&page=13
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or is it a different place entirely? perhaps the building that now houses Gillan Marine?
· Date: Sun September 26, 2004 · Views: 6756 · Filesize: 32.0kb, 695.3kb · Dimensions: 1064 x 701 ·
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Just Sold

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Registered: April 2004
Location: Suncook, NH, but at The Lake at Heart
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Sun September 26, 2004 7:41pm

Mcdude - The right side looks correct as the Post Office I remembr from my youth but the rest is obviously not what was there then (1960) and now. Even the side with the lower level windows and doors are a memory I remember seeing. Never heard of any stories of another building being there though.

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Mon September 27, 2004 11:48am

A good question for the forum? Not everyone checks out the PhotoPost.
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JacksonB

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Thu September 30, 2004 3:18am

Great picture!! MaGrath's grocery/hardware store was here for many years before it burned down. MaGrath built the present building but moved to Alton shortly thereafter to their present location. Yes, this is the site, but not the building, where Gilman Marine is today.
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mcdude

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Thu September 30, 2004 12:21pm

Another postcard mystery solved! Thanks JacksonB.

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MelissaE
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Wed August 24, 2016 1:43am

W. P. Emerson was my grandfather. Did any of you get to see the presentation at the historical society on August 16th at the Gilman Library?
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