Group Photos

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 46 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
2023 8/3

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

1926

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

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.

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

1931

the elders

the young people

1932

1933
August 13

August 20

1934

1935

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

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

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.