This is another print form glass plate taken on Lake Quassapaug. View of shore line with boat house and engine house in background. The boat house was built in July of 1900, which probably dates the negative to the summer of 1900. Pictured are two women unidentified and sitting in/on the two boats. Middle distance is an unidentified man at the tiller of a sail boat with raised sail. Of the five boys pictured, all in bathing suits, the first is probably HHB who is holding the prow of the first boat (age 12?). In back of him is probably CWB (age 10?) standing on the dock, in the middle distance is probably SRB (age 15?). Of the other two boys, the one wearing a life jacket is BHB11, probably age 3, other boy age 4?? This is the best guess of my Uncle Howard (Howp) who documented all the wonderful pictures! God Bless Him!!
A couple thoughts: The woman in the foreground could be their mother, Cora. An engine house was located to the rear of the boathouse that reportedly used a generator to power Uncle Will’s electric boat, shown in one of the photos from Carolyn’s February 23 posting.
ReplyDeleteThat is interesting, Bob. If so she would be my Great Grandmother Cora Russell Bristol. I was supposed to be named Cora after her but my parents decided on Carolyn instead because I was a girl (they expected a boy!!!!) this is the feminine of Franklin!!!!! Another Franklin in the family???? Goodness it is confusing enough as it is.......
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