Wow great new pictures
 

I don't know where these great pictures come from but thanks to all. I am surprised regularly by the posts of such old pictures. I find them fascinating.

These pictures-all of them-are amazing. What I'd give to be able to go back in time and walk through say, one of the grand hotels in Ctr. Harbor or the Weirs or on Long Island for starters-or go for a flight with Bob Fogg, among many other things, like taking a sweet HackerCraft out for dinner at the Weirs on a warm summer evening. Wow.

Such a pure simple time.

But when people were driving them they weren’t “old classic cars”. [emoji16]


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There have actually been three fires at the campground; 1945, 1967, and one more recently.



https://www.winnipesaukee.com/photop...ndfire1945.jpg


Follow this link for a history of the campground and more information about the fires.


https://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums...n+camp+meeting

According to this article, about 10 (out of 150) grand hotels survive. The Oceanic on Star Island is the only one that hasn't been fully renovated. You can still enjoy the "simpler time"
https://www.seacoastonline.com/artic...NEWS/160409620

Update
 

The date on the banner head of the newspaper is Friday, August 24, 1945. 🐻

Bear Diet
 

Yes, we eat carrots. However, we prefer honey though it may have an occasional stingy flavor. 🐻

Thinking of devastating fires in Alton Bay reminds of the loss of the Oak Birch Inn on 28A on the east side of the bay. Luckily I had the pleasure of having drinks on the porch a few times and dining there once before it burnt to the ground.


See photos HERE (<----click)


The Inn burnt on April 3, 1989. It had a bowling alley, movie theater, dancing and a casino at one time.



https://www.winnipesaukee.com/photop...akbirchinn.jpg

Here is a link to a video of the Inn burning


https://www.facebook.com/SunsetBob/v...3842596513365/


(courtesy Sunset Bob - RIP)


https://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums...1&d=1357243098

I remember my little cousin being terrified by that quick draw cowboy game in one of the arcades.

The most striking thing about old pics from the Weirs is that over many decades they don't look much different. If they were all in B&W without cars it would be tough to tell the time period. I guess there is some good in consistency.

Wonderful World of Burlesque
 

This show did come to the Lakes Region, at the Lakes Region Playhouse in Gilford. I had the pleasure of serving breakfast to Tom Ewell when he came to Dorothy's Restaurant (now the Lyon's Den.) I also remember seeing several cast members at the Weirs when they went for a cruise on the Flying Yankee. Part of the act? Barbara Nichols wore a very deep cut swimsuit and she kept falling out. Up close, she was too old for that kind of stuff so it was more embarrassing than titillating. (Oops, sorry)

I think of that when I watch the pickers show. Stuff was cheap, but of course wages were low too.

Did you ever see the show where Bob Lawton got his old game restored?

https://www.funspotnh.com/tv.htm

Sorry....no clue!!

He's got old Socony (pre-Mobil) gas pumps, and the sign on the door says post office. House # looks like 7201. Find the post office address from ~ 1930 or so and that should be where this is.

Where-0-Where?
 

A wondering Bear would like to know. 🐻

Flying Yankee and Mini Golf
 

The Flying Yankee was a c./1964 38' Chris Craft Sea Skiff, used for charters. I recall one day, I and two others were using the Yankee to upgrade our commercial captain's licenses. The first guy to go backed out of the dock. OOPS! About a foot, before he realized he had not untied the boat. Very embarrassing. On another occasion, the Yankee was on a bare boat charter, no captain, and they drove into the shallow waters south of Farrar Point where she perched on the rocks with a hole in her bottom.. In the early 60's, charts were printed by the NH Public Utilities Commission who also maintained the nav aids. Looking at my 1962 chart, there is a 'U' configuration of buoys in that cove so you can navigate along the shore, but nothing to indicate the middle of the bay is full of rocks. Since that time FL84 has been added, and the Bizer chart , in red, states "numerous shallow rocks in this area". Minimal damage, except for the running gear, so she was repaired and put back into service.

As for the mini golf:
That was a "Lomma" course, a company that built and shipped these courses all over the country. This one was inside the ballroom. 2-3 times a week it was taken apart and stored on dollies so the big bands could perform. Those crowds were dwindling so the Irwins upgraded the building (more fire exits) so they could have bigger crowds and moved to rock bands and concerts. Dancing was still not legal on Sundays, so those were concerts, seating on the dance floor. I recall names like "Peter & Gordon", "Teddy and tre Pandas" and "The Barbarians". In the winter, they stored boats on the dance floor.

I love the cars in these photos...Old woody station wagons, Studebaker Hawks.

Knew It Well...
 

Based on the parking lot collection, the Wolfeboro photo shouldn't be newer than 1955. :look:

Except for the roof rack, one could have been our car! :)

Fried Clams at McIntyre Circle
 

Well done.

Camp Idlewild water skiing
 

Here's a 9:17 video www.youtube.com/watch?v=_luN5weloqw that looks like maybe year-1965, or so? All the water skiers are wearing a skier's belt which is no longer legal in NH for water skiing.

Check out the one kid who skis with the tow rope handle held between his legs while he juggles two tennis balls at the same time.

Camp Idlewild was a summer camp for boys, ages 7-15, located on 200-acres of Cow Island, close to Tuftonboro and Wolfeboro, in operation from 1891 to 1970.

Sweet!
 

While ALL of the pics you post are interesting/intriguing- I love this one the best!

One of my brother's late father-in-law used to tell stories of paddling a canoe across the bay to pick up his date. Melvin area.

Steam engines
 

In the fifties, we kept our boat at Irwin Marine in Lakeport. I remember steam engines running across the trestle across the bay. Once in awhile, cinders would blow over and get embedded in those beautiful mahogany transoms. I also remember kids swimming in the area, jumping off the trestle. This was before there was any amount of boat traffic from Lakeport Landing or Paugus Bay Marina.

Nope, nothing missing, you can see the house # and the Post Office sign. So if you can find the West Office Post office address from that time frame that should be where this is.

A Lakes Region beach-side outhouse!
 

Another time when TP was scarce!

Or any other time!
Now I'm in trouble! :look:

Era?
 

The varnished mahogany hull strikes me as pre-war. The white painted hull is more reminiscent, to me, ofpost war. Two different boats, same name. Irwin my have sold both, but I don't think they operated that particular charter business. Irwin has been successful selling boats for 100 years. I'm unaware of anybody that was successful long term in the boat charter business.

Top, you were wondering about the beautiful old boathouse in post 291 It was owned by Carroll Piper and later moved to downtown Wolfeboro in back of the Yum Yum shop. It no longer exists. It's beautiful isn't it?

Must have looked nice parked if front of your camp. Any guesses on where this picture is from. (I do not know)
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Appears to be the Lakeshore Path which ran along the lake behind the Methodist Campground at the Weirs


https://www.winnipesaukee.com/photop...nweirspath.jpg



https://www.winnipesaukee.com/photop...nshorepath.JPG


https://www.winnipesaukee.com/photop...itingporch.jpg


https://www.winnipesaukee.com/photop...irs_1906_2.jpg


https://www.winnipesaukee.com/photop...shorepath1.jpg


https://www.winnipesaukee.com/photop...rpleasures.jpg


See more photos HERE

Top-Water-The second photo of the guy and gal hamming it up appears to have been taken on the back of the wrap-around porch of the Veterans Association Headquarters building. The steps leading down to the porch and what appears to be the original Half Moon cottages in the background make me certain this is the spot. Don’t know who the folks may be but they seem to behaving a great time.

No, post cards are a big business. You can google any post card caption and find a hundred people selling that card online. Some have high-res pics and you can easily see details that are lacking in lower-res pics. No super-vision required.

Great photos. Are you selling them on EBay?


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Queen
 

The "QUEEN of the LAKES REGION" is a Chris-Craft owned by Jim Irwin Sr. (He is standing waving toward the stern). I think it is a 38' Custom Commuter 1929 or early 1930's. Irwin Marine probably has info about this. Jack Irwin would know.

Queen
 

The "QUEEN of the LAKES REGION" is a Chris-Craft owned by Jim Irwin Sr. (He is standing waving toward the stern). I think it is a 38' Custom Commuter 1929 or early 1930's. Irwin Marine probably has info about this. Jack Irwin would know.

Gar Wood ?

I know exactly where this is and yes all the view from the traffic circle at 106 and three and to this spot is disappearing over the years from the tree growth. This was always for the past 20 years my favorite view and it is now almost gone. As well as the pull offs around the lake, the scenice views are no longer scenic because they are no longer there from the overgrowth and vegetation

Interesting observation, and likely very true.

I have read that in 1900 Vermont was 95% open land and 5% wooded, and today it is 5% open land, and 95% wooded. I imagine much of the same is true in New Hampshire.

I would 100% agree. look at most of the photos here, how much vegetation is along the shore and the open roads.

sorry I will get off my soap box

NH was about 75% open in 1840; lots of pasture with over 600,000 sheep. When the wool market disappeared due to overseas competition, woodlands reappeared.

Wasn’t there a fire there in the mid 60s? I vaguely remember that the restaurant at Loch Haven Inn had burned down and only the cabins were left.

Kind of. That sign was further along about where the old driving range is

and I like to think that I am not old yet lol, only 40 this year.

but I loved that spot because when you were cresting the hill and heading down it looked like you were driving into a tunnel under the lake and it just kept going

I read that they had replaced those signs a couple of years ago. Did they not replace all of them? I’m not up there to check it out and this has been bugging me also.