1950 or
1951: |
Aerial Photo of Massawepie property |
Aerial Photo Close-up of Pioneer area, labelled later showing some specific sites |
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Entrance sign showing "Massawepie - W.L. Sykes - Private" |
| 1951: |
Capital Campaign report dinner, November, 1951 |
| 1952: |
Ruins of an hotel building |
Demolition of hotel servants' quarters (in Pioneer Parade Field) |
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Bus Caravan loading
| Construction of Pioneer Dining Hall |
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Medical Checks outside Health Lodge in old cottage |
Pioneer Nature "Lodge" in a tent |
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Wall Tents at a troop site in Pioneer field |
Car near troop site in Camp Pioneer field |
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Scout in tent in Troop 154 site, Camp Pioneer |
Another Scout in tent in troop site, Camp Pioneer |
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Construction of the Mountaineer(?) Dining Hall, 1952? |
Kitchen staff member with too many dishes to wash! (Newspaper photo) |
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Scouts in some of 48 new canoes (Rochester Times-Union photo) |
Sign at Massawepie Camp entrance, with Troop 106 Scouts (Newspaper photo) |
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| 1953: |
New Mountaineer
Dining Hall in March, 1953 (Newspaper photo)
| Construction of the Pioneer Nature Lodge
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Ed Bruso (L) and Harley Burgdorf by new superintendent's residence
with beavers trapped at Massawepie, Spring, 1953
| Harley Burgdorf with rows of beaver pelts by new shop, Spring, 1953
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Preparing to burn the Park House, May 16, 1953 at 9:00 a.m.
| Smoke coming from the Park House windows, 5/16/53 at 9:05 a.m.
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Park House and rear shop burning, 5/16/53 at 9:10 a.m.
| Major smoke plume rises from the Park House, 5/16/53 at 9:15 a.m.
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Park House fully engulfed, 5/16/53 at 9:20 a.m.
| Park House collapsing, 5/16/53 at 9:30 a.m.
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Scouts marching to Mountaineer flag ceremony |
More Scouts marching to Mountaineer flag ceremony |
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Troop 154 Leaders headed to flag ceremony |
Mountaineer Flagpole by Dining Hall |
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Scouts at flag ceremony outside the Mountaineer Dining Hall |
Scouts walking by the Mountaineer Dining Hall (Newspaper photo) |
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Front of Mountaineer Dining Hall |
Scouts waiting in line by the Mountaineer Dining Hall |
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Inside the Mountaineer Dining Hall |
Entrance of Mountaineer Waterfront |
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Scouts at Mountaineer Waterfront |
Mountaineer Swimming Dock |
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Boats on Mountaineer Beach |
Fox in pen at Mountaineer Nature Lodge |
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Mountaineer Trading Post |
Tent in Troop 154 site at Mountaineer |
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Tarp structure in Troop 154 site |
Campfire circle in Troop 154 site |
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Color guard in Troop 154 site
| Folding the Troop 154 flag in site |
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Mountaineer Retreat Ceremony |
Boats on Pioneer Beach with Swim Dock in background (Newspaper photo) |
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Scouts practice paddling in front of Pioneer boat dock (Newspaper photo) |
Rows of canoes on Pioneer beach (Newspaper photo) |
| 1955: |
Chuck Burgdorf logging at Massawepie, February, 1955:
Photo 1
Photo 2 |
Snow pile from roof of Pioneer Handicraft Lodge (former hotel casino)
February, 1955 |
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Lake trout caught by Fred Wellington's son from Massawepie Lake, Spring, 1955 |
| 1956: |
Four men shoveling snow off roof of Pioneer Dining Hall |
Snow pile from roof of Pioneer Dining Hall |
| 1958: |
Troop 37 Massawepie troop photo |
| 1959: |
Postcard of Mountaineer Waterfront (postmarked 1959) |
Elgin Deering, Reservation Director, in front of central camp office
(Newspaper photo) |
Misc.
1950's: |
Two of the Queen Anne cottages from the hotel, just south of the
Pioneer parade field |
Demolition of old hotel cottage |
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1950's Postcard of Trail Campsite |
1950's Postcard of Flag Ceremony at Mountaineer |
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Buses by Pioneer Bus Field, 1950's |
Campfire at Pioneer Campfire Circle, 1950's |
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Director's Cabin (Cabin #1, late 1950's) donated by
Davenport Hatch Foundation |
Fred Wellington with Scouts at outpost, 1950's |
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Chapel, 1950's or 1960's |
Chapel, 1950's or 1960's (Newspaper photo) |
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Scout by former hotel cottage, later George Sykes cabin,
just above current Loren Hakes Campfire Circle in Camp Pioneer |
New January, 2024:
Display of painted 1950s Massawepie outpost symbols (courtesy of the Klein family) |
