The buildings are, from left to right: Millard Bellows' boathouse, Millard and Kate Bellows residence, John and Settie Miles residence (Miles Homestead).
None of the people are identifiable; however, because of the fact that this photo came from John and Settie's photo collection, I think there's a good chance that some of these people are related! Also, Adams, Oscar, and Pauline Chase grew up right next door at the Bannerhouse. The only two people I would venture a guess at are as follows: the man in the sled standing, is possibly Frank Miles, and the young man in the right foreground is possibly my dad, John D. Miles, judging from his posture. If so, then this puts the date of this photo somewhat later than I think it should be: I cannot see either the Guy Kirby residence nor the Fred Adams residence (house behind Knotty Pine). However, they could be obscured by Millard Bellows' house, in the center. Also, by the time I scanned this in 2005 at 1200 dpi, it was either quite faded from having been in the light at one time, or was overexposed because of the snow; therefore the quality is quite poor, and details are lost. For example, there are also two children to the right of the man in the ice wagon, sitting.
I see a woman with a girl and toddler; a teenage boy in foreground; another woman in the rear; in the wagon with the blocks of ice there's the man standing alongside two children; finally, another teenage boy in the foreground holding either a stick or some kind of tool used in their operation. Dad told me that right by the back door there was an ice-house, lined with sawdust, into which John and Settie would keep big blocks of ice that were brought up from the lake.
Finally, the dark shapes at the left, in the distance, are somewhat curious. The next farm up the road was David Blow's; however, it's not really the correct angle. I wonder if these are buildings at the Forge, although that was about a mile away. Maybe they are just the trees that Millard left after he made all of his boats!
That's also a curious shape in front of his boathouse; I wonder what it is.
None of the people are identifiable; however, because of the fact that this photo came from John and Settie's photo collection, I think there's a good chance that some of these people are related! Also, Adams, Oscar, and Pauline Chase grew up right next door at the Bannerhouse. The only two people I would venture a guess at are as follows: the man in the sled standing, is possibly Frank Miles, and the young man in the right foreground is possibly my dad, John D. Miles, judging from his posture. If so, then this puts the date of this photo somewhat later than I think it should be: I cannot see either the Guy Kirby residence nor the Fred Adams residence (house behind Knotty Pine). However, they could be obscured by Millard Bellows' house, in the center. Also, by the time I scanned this in 2005 at 1200 dpi, it was either quite faded from having been in the light at one time, or was overexposed because of the snow; therefore the quality is quite poor, and details are lost. For example, there are also two children to the right of the man in the ice wagon, sitting.
I see a woman with a girl and toddler; a teenage boy in foreground; another woman in the rear; in the wagon with the blocks of ice there's the man standing alongside two children; finally, another teenage boy in the foreground holding either a stick or some kind of tool used in their operation. Dad told me that right by the back door there was an ice-house, lined with sawdust, into which John and Settie would keep big blocks of ice that were brought up from the lake.
Finally, the dark shapes at the left, in the distance, are somewhat curious. The next farm up the road was David Blow's; however, it's not really the correct angle. I wonder if these are buildings at the Forge, although that was about a mile away. Maybe they are just the trees that Millard left after he made all of his boats!
That's also a curious shape in front of his boathouse; I wonder what it is.
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