Old Town [aerial view, 1920s]
Descriptive Object
Identifier:
OBJ.N.1993.41
Date:
1920s;
Description
B/W postcard showing an aerial view of French Island and downtown Old town. St. Joseph's Church and the Helen Hunt school are clearly visible. The skinny old rectory of St. Joe's which according to the Old Town Sanborn Insurance maps still stood in 1921 is not visible. Just the back half of the new rectory seems to be present. As this new rectory was only completed in 1927, dating the photo to the 1920s seems justified. This date is confirmed by the stamp box on the back. This type of stamp box was only used from 1910 to 1930. A very similar photo showing Milford was taken by Vernon A. Cunningham Sr (1892-1968) on a plane trip in 1918 and published in the Old Town Enterprise (1934/04/19, p.3).
