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Description
Children participate in Field Day activities during Fete Week on Squirrel Island, circa 1907. Some young boys have started a footrace while other children wait their turn and adults watch on.
The building to the rear is the Squirrel Island Casino, a dance hall, theater, and social center built in 1887 or 1889. The structure was destroyed in a fire in 1965.
About This Item
- Title: Field Day Races, Squirrel Island, ca. 1907
- Creator: McDougall and Keefe
- Creation Date: circa 1907
- Subject Date: circa 1907
- Location: Squirrel Island, Southport, Lincoln County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 8.5 cm x 13.5 cm
- Local Code: PC 1, #4
- Collection: Raymond W. Stanley Collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Fete Week (Southport, Squirrel Island, Me.)--Photographs
- Festivals and fairs--Maine--Southport--Squirrel Island
- Running races--Maine--Southport--Squirrel Island
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