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1. 2011.30.3 - Postcard

   Black & white postcard of the South End Steamboat Landing on East Shore Road on Lake Waramaug with the steamboat "The Flirt" pictured with full length awning, at the dock. Road, buildings & wooded hill. The front of the postcard has "Thank you so much for the pickles, they were just fine. will have to get your ___. J. B.L." The back of the postcard has the address, "Mrs. Frank Thomas, Milford, Conn." Printed on the back is "Post Card, This side ...

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2. 2015.42.12 - Postcard

   A black and white photograph featuring a curving road on the left side, bordered by a lake on the right. There is a dock with three people present walking to a steamboat.

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3. 2019.3.3 - Photograph, Cabinet

   Cabinet card photograph of the steamboat Flirt in the middle of Lake Waramaug in New Preston, Connecticut by C.A. Blackman. The name "Flirt" can be seen on the boat which is filled with people and has an American flag mounted on each end. The Northeast shore of Lake Waramaug is likely visible in the background. The Flirt transported tourists to the inns around the lake during the late 19th century. The photographer's name is stamped on the back "...

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4. 2020.4.10 - Negative, Glass Plate

   Scene showing Lake Waramaug, in the village of New Preston, Connecticut, to the right with the bank of the lake to the left where two boat docks line the shore with a few boats lining them and the steamboat Flirt or Crescent coming into dock with about five people on it. Up the bank of the lake is the road and three large buildings of the Wilson House Inn, two on the other side of the road and one on the shoreline. Written on the paper sleeve by ...

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5. 2020.4.7 - Negative, Glass Plate

   Scene showing Lake Waramaug, in the village of New Preston, Connecticut, with a long rickety dock with two row boats closer to the shore and one larger boat, probably the steamboat Flirt or Crescent, at the end of the dock. There are three white birds swimming in the water to the right of the dock and further to the right seems to be the corner of the lake and part of the road as it comes in and out of the trees lining the banks. Written on the p...

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6. 2020.4.8 - Negative, Glass Plate

   Scene showing Lake Waramaug, in the village of New Preston, Connecticut, with a tree-lined shore. A rickety boat dock is to the right of the picture with two row boats closer to shore and a larger one out at the end of the dock, either the steamboat Flirt or Crescent. Written on the paper sleeve by the photographer, Joseph West in pencil: "No. 9" and "Lake Waramaug" also written at the bottom are two names "Mrs. Farrand" and "Miss. Canfield."

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. 2021.23.5 - Stereoview

   Stereoview of Lake Waramaug looking south along West Shore Road from Cherrie/Cheere/Cherre/Cheree/Cherry Point in the village of New Preston in Washington, Connecticut. Two identical photographs, showing a man standing along the shore in front of the The Cheree Hotel - Carter House - Lakeshore House at 105 West Shore Road with the Steamboat Flirt docked in front, are attached to an orange card. Handwritten on the back right side in blue ink is: "...

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8. PA 10 - Album, Postcard

   Album of post cards from the Burnham Family of the village of New Preston in Washington, Connecticut with scenes of the immediate Washington and New Preston, CT area and Hartford, Conn. etc.

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