Maybe a "Cell" or Weak Tornado?
 

The hurricane of '38 hit in September.

That mature trees are snapped off halfway up suggests a twister.

Could the house be what is now the Grand View Resort?


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Near the location of the former griddle in the middle just before the old golf driving range on the same side

Is that farm where they sold old boats for quite a long time?

"Welcome" signs
 

I believe the "Latchkey" signs were "Welcome to Meredith" type, so there were multiples, one on Rt 3 near the Meredith/Laconia line, just past Tamarack, one as you come down the hill to the docks and one on Rt 25 on the Center Harbor town line. There may also have been one coming southbound on Rt 3. I don't recall one on Rt 104 or Parade Rd, but I traveled those roads rarely.

I'm sure you're right but the only one I have a specific recollection of is the one I mentioned. I remember that one looking half fallen down 40 years ago. Just did a quick google search and the term latchkey seems to have been used since the pretty early 1900s.

I remember two of these signs. I know there was one on route 104, but I can’t exactly place where it was. It doesn’t seem to me it was on the boundary line, it seems it was further up 104. But that picture that you posted is haunting me.

The other one I remember very clearly. It was on route 25 just before you cross into Meredith. I was living in Brookhurst at the time and the sign was always my way of knowing that I was turning ahead.

There's a big "Latchkey" sign on a red garage in Meredith, on the left as you head down Pleasant St. going toward Meredith Neck. Here is another Latchkey image. The Post Office had a National Air Mail Week promotion in May, 1938 and towns could design their own logo to be used on airmail letters for that week only. This is what Meredith came up with. There were about 50 towns in NH that had their own "cachet" envelopes, kind of a collector item nowadays.

www.mhsweb.org has a large old Meredith bit key sign on the side of their building that you can see here in their photo.

Looking at the LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE license plate created from seven 1970's dark green & white NH plates ...... don't you think these old license plates were a better look than today's NH plate.

We used to change them every year (then maybe two?) and they alternated colors. One year they were green with white and the next they were white with green.

Top-Water , I googled Meredith New Hampshire latchkey signs. There were two articles, one from the Laconia Daily Sun and the other from New Hampshire Business Weekly. In September 2018, marking Meredith 250th year, new signs were erected at all four spots. The only picture they had showed the sign on route 25 as you leave Center Harbor to enter Meredith. It did not say exactly where the other signs were.
I do not know how to send a link. But, Annie Paquette, made all the new signs and put them up. I’m not up there now, but there must be someone that can verify the location of the signs now. I hope this helps.

It’s the sign on route 104 that is haunting me. I can see it looking like the photo that you posted, I just can’t pinpoint exactly where it is.

I've seen those oxen before...
 

I believe they are in Meredith Bay just northwest of the old shake mill that processed them into what most people call shingles. They would pull logs into the mill from that conveyor.

Now of course it's the location of Church Landing.

Looks like Roberts Cove

Yes, I totally agree with barefoot bay.

Look at all the open land!
I stopped by the Weirs the other day to find the home on Baker Ave. my family used to rent and it's sad to see how many of those homes, and the old hotel, are rundown and not maintained. We always visit in the summer when it's busy and the focus is on fun, so I hadn't noticed how bad it was.

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The only places I really remember from my youth are the pier, roller rink, arcades, Frankensundae, Kellerhaus, the Trading Post (with the Indian statue), the hotel (where we'd watch fireworks from the porch and play pool in the game room, my brothers turning the pocket bumpers around so as not to pay), and the little store under the bridge walkway with crunchy plain donuts. I don't even really remember the beach.

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I don't remember the swings and, sadly, I've not found any photos from my childhood—which I've been going through while clearing out Dad's house—but this is the house (to the left) as of last week.Attachment 15777

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Even though I wasn't around then, this picture emotes my remembrances of the area!

Thank you!

Looking at the buildings, not much has changed except Black’s awning.


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It's Minge Cove. Outside the cove you can see part of Treasure Island with Rattlesnake Island in the background.

Thank you Top-Water
 

Thank you Top-Water. Fun reminisces, and yes, a relief from the overwhelming number of posts and news releases on that other topic. A couple of comments. I remember the Mount Washington Sundae (2 bananas, 6 scoops of ice cream as being a creation of Weeks' Dairy Bar in Laconia and a later a second location in Meredith. As teen-agers, my friend and I used to split one. First one to the middle won, the loser had to pay. Kellerhaus came later. It was originally "Hartland" the private residence of Myron Hart. Walking into Kellerhause, you ca see where the outside pillars were that led to a porch, now closed in to make a larger interior space. Mr. Hart also owned a boathouse in the Channel and a 1948 Chris Craft 28' sedan, named "Myth". That was the second boathouse south of Thurston Marine. The first boathouse, with multi-level raised roofs was owned by Victor Tompkins who built the Queen City Motel in Manchester and owned Tobey's Motor Court in Plymouth. His boat was a 42' Chris Craft; later he moved up to a 45' CC. Both were named "Wanderer". Moving south a couple more boathouses was the homeport of the Public Utilities Comm ission boats, 2 Steelcrafts used mostly to service aids to navigation, but they had blue lights and would also perform police functions. They were succeeded by today's Marine Patrol.
Sorry to ramble.

Unusual picture. Time frame? SWat is the object in the water off the en of the dock/rock? Navaid?

The rock is still there and incorporated into the docking facility. The thing in the water marked the entry to the Weirs Channel.

old channel marker photo
 

The date on the photographs is November 12, 1965 but I cannot say whether that is the date taken or the date received. I believe these were taken to document the completion of the US Army Corps dredge of the channel and creation of the beach but cannot be certain.

Low!
 

Yes, some great old photos. I'm just curious. The last photo looks like the tide's out!. Was the dam control different in those days or was it a bad drought?

Shore Things had mentioned the Army Corps dredging work back in the '60s.
I wonder if they lowered the level for that? We're never at the lake beyond the end of October. I never knew it was lowered that much.

I remember that year. I was 15 years old. It was the second year that we lived in our new home. We had a beautiful natural sand beach in front of the house. Unfortunately, there were many large rocks and boulders just below the water’s surface. It wasn’t exactly a perfect beach, but there wasn’t anything we could do about it.
It was two years later that the lake went down so low. My parents had no idea why this was happening. My father always had all kinds of radio equipment and always knew everything that was going on, or so I thought. So, my parents decided what a wonderful opportunity to have all the rocks removed from the beach.

The company came in with their big equipment and the bulldozers could go approximately 30 feet out before there was any water. They worked all day long digging up the big rocks and pushing them over to the sides of the beach.

We talked about that year for a long time after that, always wondering if the lake would ever go that low again and never understanding why it did that year.
So, after all these years, it was because they put in Weirs Beach? That is so cool.

In your first post on the "stone" it was a good thing you added the commercial- I was a bit concerned as to what you were referring too! :eek:

Second photo- MAN-O-MAN! this pic is well after my memories of Teen Haven -The Blue Knights!- but still GREAT!

About ten years ago I found Ron Piche (drummer/singer for the "Knights". I was a summer resident back in the Haven's hey-day, and loved every time I went there). Anyway, in talking with Ron on the phone (I never actually knew him- but he was summer famous!) I told him I would love to get an old poster for my camp. He was a bit reluctant to give one up, but over the course of a few calls it seemed he was considering. He even told me (remember, this was only about 2010) that his wife thought he should start another band.

Then... he dropped off the radar! :(

Thanks Toppy!

Shore Things Photos
 

Agreed. The dredging project was completed in 1950 http://weirsbeach.com/reasons-to-vis...hannel-dredge/
In the 50's the name was changed from Weirs to Weirs Beach.
The second photo shows the expanded "new" docks at the south end of the old city docks. Those were built in the mid 60's. In the fifties there were still three stick multi-pilings lining Weirs Channel from when the old Mount was moored there in the winter. The picture shows mostly single piles set just for navigation. I was away at school 1965-66, so I have no personal recollection of the low water shown. I guess the water level was much closer to normal by the next summer as low water does not stand out in my mind.

Exciting
 

Thanks Top-Water. I was a pre-schooer in those days, but I remember the races somewhat. We had a 1950 30' Chris Craft cabin cruiser, and my father often volunteered to be a picket boat for these races. 40 years later, we served as "Turn #3" for the offshore power boat races held in the Broads.

I could be wrong but I think he stayed in Wolfeboro. I know a lot of the Red Sox stayed on Sewall Road.

Rose-Edward Lodge and Cabins
 

If you look at and Supersize the map in this link,
http://weirsbeach.com/services/chamb...irs-beach-map/

look at location 26 north of The Weirs which is entitled: Rose-Edward Lodge and Cabins

Yes indeed, owned by the Ulms at the Center Harbor Sports Shop. Ron Ulm, recently passed away, would climb in his truck and drive down to the docks to fill up your tank. I filled up my 5 gal. tank, with the proper mix of oil for about $3.00. It lasted me nearly all week running my 14 hp. Scott outboard.


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Top - I just found this thread and spent the last hour perusing. It is great to see these pictures and histories that far predate my time at the lake. One thing I notice is how much the trees have grown in and blocked the vistas in some of the pictures.

Thanks for taking the time to do this.


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That's Kimball's Castle. It was built by Benjamin Kimball who was a rich railroad magnate and helped to build the Lakeshore Railroad. Do a search on Photopost to find more images
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In the first pic just over the bridge on the right is the old McGraths general store before the furnace blew up and it burned. The owner Pete McGrath was in the building at the time he was hurt badly, its now Irwin Marine. Over on the right is the old roller skating rink with Alton Bay on the roof, its now condos.

The Myrtle Ann circa 1945


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McGrath's Store......before that it was Wilson's Store


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Sign says "Alton Bay Yacht Club"


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