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Then and Now
2/5/2013
Just back from Bonus Weekend, and I don't have any current photos for your entertainment. So let's turn to archives and contrast images from long ago with some shot this year. We'll start with this iconic shot from a Winter Carnival almost sixty years ago. The Ford tractor is pulling boys and their dates up North Street.


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And this is North Street from approximately the same spot, shot two weeks ago.

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This photo of Maxwell Savage Hall depicts a bed of tulips along the curb, and the World War II Hellcat fighter stands as a landmark to the east.

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Maxwell Savage on a recent snowy morning.

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Hockey on Proctor Pond in the '50s. Note that the boards have angles. Built in the early '20s, Cary House (back right) was destroyed by fire in April, 1977.

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A recent game of shinny. This image was shot from approximately the same spot.

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This is what boys' hockey players look like in 2013.

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Boat building then....

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And now.

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Roland and Connie Burbank with students at the recently-constructed Cabin in the late '40s.

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Ninth graders at the "new" Cabin, constructed at the same location, this past October.

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Ceramics in 1985. John Buck is now an arts instructor at New Hampton School.
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Ceramics today.
Boat Building
Boat building in the 21st Century: Sam tries out his hydroplane.