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All-Camp Group Photos

© FNCA 2015Most years at camp, there comes a day when we gather everyone together and take a group photo. In recent decades, it's usually been right after lunch on middle Saturday or Sunday, whichever day the most people are at © Emily Woofenden 2008camp. A group photo is a long-standing camp tradition dating back to the 1920s. Several dozen of them are on display in the Dole Wing hallway and on a nearby wall in the Dole Wing lounge.

So here's a chronological journey through the years, beginning with our earliest days and traveling down through time to the present.

WEBMASTER'S NOTE: Although these group photos were taken nearly every year, we only have 48 of them on this page. As you can see from the links chart below, a surprising number of photos between 1952-2009 are missing, especially in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. So please, check your photo collection and contact the FNCA Webmaster if you can fill in any of the missing years. Thanks!
 

NEW photos on this page in recent months:
 

 Year                 Posted  
2024                   8/8
 

        1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940 1941 [1942-1945 — WWII]  1946 1947 1948 1949
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
 

 

1926

© FNCA 1926

 

1927

© FNCA 1927

l. to r.
standing in back: 1. John Whitehead, 2. Mr. Hite, 3. Jenny Goddard, 8. Asa Goddard, 11. John Dabol, 13. Anita Dole (in long vest)
middle: 1. Rev. Louis A. Dole, far right Fred Burdett (half face)
front: 1. George S. Dole 2. John Osgood, far right Frances Twitchell
 

© FNCA 1927

 

The lower photo is slightly different than the upper photo, with 2 additional people (front 3rd from l. and standing far left), 1 person missing (seated far left), and Rev. Dole seated instead of standing.


1928

Don't know why there are 2 group photos for 1928, but there are.

© FNCA 1928

 

© FNCA 1928
Add to the above list: 6. John Swanton, 11. Leona Haley, 21. George S. Dole, 23. Lillybell Bates 23.5, Gertrude Dole (held up by Louis), 25. Jennie Goddard, 29. John Whitehead
 

1929

© FNCA 1929

 

1931

© FNCA 1931

the elders
 

© FNCA 1931

the young people

 

1932

© F.W. Fergie 1932

 

 

 


1933
August 13

© FNCA 1933

August 20

© F.W. Fergie 1933

 


1934

© F.W. Fergie 1934

 

 

 

1935

© FNCA 1935

 

1936

© F.W. Fergie 1936

1st row, l to r: ?,?, George Dole(?), Louise Dole,?,?,?
2nd row, l to r: (4th and 5th from left) Mrs. Frost, Lloyd Frost,  (in center) Louise Swanton w/ Virginia Swanton in lap, Mrs. Diacanoff w/ unknown in lap
, "Tante E", Anita Dole, (seated at far right end)  Marjorie Nichols, (standing) Robert Capon,  Gordon Blackmer
3rd row, l to r: (2nd from left) Asa Goddard, (left of center) Martha Tardien (print dress), Cathryn Ruhl, John Swanton, Henry Swanton (behind John), (3 to the right) E Broniche, (3 to the right) Gertrude Dole (short), (2 to the right) Jenny Capon (in visor)
, (2 to the right) Alice Perry
4th row, l to r: (3rd from left) Rev. Louis Dole, (4 to the right) Florence Whitehead, Ellen Newton, Sherman Newton, Rev. Henry Giunta, (2 to the right) Maurice Goddard (tall), Bob Young, (2 to the right) Fred Perry, (3 to the right) Jesse Frost, (4 to the right) Annie Perry, Hayden Johnson, Rev. Norman Goddard, F. Gardiner Perry, Bud Orrell, Roger Johnson, (2 to the right) Dexter Nichols, (2 to the right) Horace Blackmer

 

 

1937

© F.W. Fergie 1937

This is the infamous photo in which Gordon "Gordo" Blackmer, the young gentleman in white standing in the back row on the left, knew that the photo was being taken by a fairly slow moving pan camera. He very carefully stood still on the left until the camera had moved beyond him, then swiftly ran behind everyone, and got in position on the right before the camera got there, and hence appears in this photo twice!

Gordon Blackmer was a life-long camera buff, so he knew what he was doing and obviously planned this stunt ahead of time. You can read a bit more about "Gordo" here.

 

 

1938

© F.W. Fergie 1938


 

1939

© F.W. Fergie 1939

(left to right)
  FRONT ROW: ? Hinckley, ? Hinckley, Mimi Robb, Louise Dole, ? ?, George Dole, ? ?, Caroline Hotson, ? Hammond, ? Hammond, Hargrove Hotson, Donald Hotson
  2ND ROW: Grace Hotson, ? ?, ? ?, Gertrude Dole, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, Annie Perry

  3RD ROW: Gordon Blackmer (white shirt), ? ?, John Perry, ? ?, etc.
  4TH ROW: 4th from left Dexter Nichols(?), 6th from left Marjorie Gale
  5TH ROW: F. Gardner Perry, Helen Perry, ? ?, etc.
  6TH ROW: Rev. Louis A. Dole, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, ? ?, Alice Perry,
  BACK ROW: Cornelia Hotson, ? ?, etc.

 

 


1940

© F.W. Fergie 1940

 

1941

© F.W. Fergie 1941

 

1948

© F.W. Fergie 1948
© FNCA 1948

 

1950

© FNCA 1950

 

1951

© FNCA 1951

 

1955

© FNCA 1955

 

1957

© Tom Walton 1957

 

1963

© Tom Walton 1963

 

1968

© Jim Perry 1968

 

1978

© FNCA 1978

 

1987

© Holly Pedicone 1987

 

1990

© FNCA 1990
© FNCA 1990

 

1991

© Dave Keating 1991

 

 

1993

© FNCA 1993

 

1995

© Ed Schnurr 1995

 

1998

© Richard Cook 1998

 

2003

© Nancy F. Little 2003

 

2005

© Lois McCurdy 2005

 

 

2006

© FNCA 2006

 

2008

© Emily Woofenden 2008

 

2010

© Beki Greenwood 2010

 

2011

© Beki Greenwood 2011

 

2012

© Nancy F Little 2012

 

2013

© Beki Greenwood 2013

 

2014

© Jon Cousins 2014

 

2015

© Herb Ziegler 2015

 

2016

© Beki Greenwood 2016

 

2017

© Beki Greenwood 2017

 

2018

© Beki Greenwood 2018

 

2019

© Beki Greenwood 2019

 

2020

© Alia Woofenden 2020

 

2021

© Beki Greenwood 2021

 

2022

© Beki Greenwood 2022

 

2023

© Beki Greenwood 2023

 

2024

© Beki Greenwood 2024

 

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