Ca. 1895 photos of Weirs Beach cottages and buildings

Vermont Interloper · 02-09-2025, 10:03 AM

I have been methodically going through the photos in the Oren W. Hills collection recently posted by Digital Vermont in collaboration with the Vermont Historical Society. Many of these are sadly unidentified and so I've been using all of the tools at my disposal in order to identify as many of them as I can.

I came upon an image of the Aquedoktan in the collection. It is the only image identified as being at Weirs Beach either by the photographer or the person scanning in these glass plate negatives. It helps that the name is prominently written both across the roof and on a sign hanging on the deck!

As I went through the 140 glass plate collection I would stumble across houses that just screamed vacation house, lake house, getaway cottage. I wondered if the photographer may have taken more images at Weirs Beach so I started searching Google Street views and history pages for images that would match the ones I was seeing.

I did! I found 6 images in the collection that are from Lakeside Avenue, many are identified, some are no longer with us, and a couple I'm hoping for a little help identifying. I figured this would be the right place to go. I think it will be easier to load each one as a new reply/comment so that I can put the specific information with each image. I'm hoping that isn't a cumbersome way of doing this.

As it's winter in Winnipesaukee right now, maybe this would be a good project for folks!

02-09-2025, 10:03 AM	#1
Vermont Interloper Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2025 Location: St. Albans, Vermont Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Ca. 1895 photos of Weirs Beach cottages and buildings I have been methodically going through the photos in the Oren W. Hills collection recently posted by Digital Vermont in collaboration with the Vermont Historical Society. Many of these are sadly unidentified and so I've been using all of the tools at my disposal in order to identify as many of them as I can. I came upon an image of the Aquedoktan in the collection. It is the only image identified as being at Weirs Beach either by the photographer or the person scanning in these glass plate negatives. It helps that the name is prominently written both across the roof and on a sign hanging on the deck! As I went through the 140 glass plate collection I would stumble across houses that just screamed vacation house, lake house, getaway cottage. I wondered if the photographer may have taken more images at Weirs Beach so I started searching Google Street views and history pages for images that would match the ones I was seeing. I did! I found 6 images in the collection that are from Lakeside Avenue, many are identified, some are no longer with us, and a couple I'm hoping for a little help identifying. I figured this would be the right place to go. I think it will be easier to load each one as a new reply/comment so that I can put the specific information with each image. I'm hoping that isn't a cumbersome way of doing this. As it's winter in Winnipesaukee right now, maybe this would be a good project for folks!