This picture shows
Mountain Home when the
Nutes owned it and operated a
large farm extending westward to Silver Springs, Eastward to about where
The Bartlett Inn is located today and Northward to the Saco River.
They catered to guests who wanted to stay on a working farm for the
summer.
This picture shows the Nutes standing in front of their farmhouse.
The notation on the back of the card is shown below.
Another early view of the
River Street bridge. Note the fence on
the right indicating cows or horses were kept there. The cave on
Cave Mountain is clearly visible.
River Street Bridge and Big Rock, 1920.
All these pictures are clickable for a larger view.
Rogers Crossing, probably about 1940.. The trees along the right
side of the street after the crossing claimed their share of automobile
collisions by cars speeding around the S curve. More than one
local resident lost their lives to these trees.
This picture shows the old
General Thermostat Corp Building
which was owned by a Mr. Frank Reingruber It was the former GK Howard
store. He lived in Jackson and at an apartment on the
upper floor. It built various types of thermostats of his own
design and patented. He probably employed
about 30 people. Mack Beal of Jackson was the Corp. President from 1956
to 1958.
The backside of this July 1957 card is addressed to Mr Russ
Hosmer in Wilmerding Penn. and the writer is one Alan T. There is mention
of the
Edaville Railroad and it sounds like Alan T was a scout looking
for old railroad equipment to buy. Not that it has any bearing,
but Wilmerding is home to the George Westinghouse Mansion. Click
picture for a size you can read.
Garland's Store, Barbershop
and Post Office on Albany Ave. No Date was provided
but probably in the 1945-1955 range. Garlands was a drug store,
but also sold clothing, footwear and hardware.
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This building is just across the tracks on the right...but it looks
nothing like this anymore.
Below is the
G.K. Howard Hardware Store,
also on Albany Avenue. Later it was The Thermostat Factory. Going
up Albany Ave towards Bear Notch Road it was just across the tracks on
the left. Today there are some condo type units in the same spot.
There was a building just before the tracks on the right that housed
Wimpy Thurston's Grocery Store, later operated by the Jacobson's.
The building looked similar to the GK howard Store but without the
dormers. Today that site is an empty lot.
This
1940's Photo is the Foster Farm. Previously
known as the Howard Farm. Owned By G. K. Howard, then Newton Howard, and
then Jim Howard. The Foster's purchased it from Jim Howard. Robert
Pettengill told me (indirectly)
"his Father used to work for G K. and later Newton. Where Jim's house is (to
the west of this) was a potato field. The back was all pasture. There was a
camp back close to Razor brook. Used to be a couple of other buildings by
the house where they kept the animals. Had cattle, horses, pigs and
chickens. This was in the late 40's. The house next to it was owned by Jim
Conner's. Also across the road used to be mostly fields".
