Group at Bank Village
New Ipswich Historical Society
Group Photo
Harold Foster, Charles Preston, Charlie Davis & Son, Aliced Tarbell, Lena Foster, Hattie Stiles, William E. Preston, Helen Clark, The Maid, Elizabeth Muzzey, Marion Clark, Maid, Ethel Foster, Bessie Tarbell, Mrs. McDonald, Nellie McDonald, Alice Leedham, Aggie Webster, Mrs. Muzzey, Mrs. John Foster, Mrs. Tillson, Mrs. Tarbell, Mrs Lorrell Clark, Mr. & Mrs, Torrer. NIHS Catalog number 92.609.
On this day - October 31, 1897
William Jurian Kaula diary - (more coming in November)
On this day - October 31, 1908
James Roger diary entry - Halloween Party
31st (Saturday)
Cold N.W. wind. A few flakes of snow about 9 am. David on roads down town. Hamish & I put leaves on north side of house in forenoon. We put in the corn in afternoon and Hamish put leaves on front and south side of house. I filled the lamps and swept Hall for Finn Halloween dance tonight. No dance ______. Hamish at Halloween party at No 1 school house. Won prize (a scarf pin) for conundrum guessing.
Happy Halloween
Green Center - October 31, 2015
Barrett House - October 31, 2018
I'm Curious who is Hamish ? He always appears in James Roger Diary entries. Hard working!
Again we have Prestons in an old photo. I remember handing Mr. Preston 10 cents to go down to the Preston beach. Not sure which Preston he was. Mrs. Preston also earned money as a seamstress. I assume the picture was taken on the Preston property. It seems that photo events occurred on special occasions since people were usually well dressed. The 'beach' Prestons had a lot of property but did not appear to be wealthy, whereas the 'in town' Prestons seemed wealthier. John Preston was a Harvard graduate which indicated he must have been from a well-to-do Preston family although he did own a camp on Waterloom Pond which suggests a connection to the 'beach' Prestons.