Blodgetts Landing Photo Album - Photos in this album were taken by a professional photographer, William V.D. Kitchen, who retired to New London, NH in the 1940's. He started a "quick development" service for the Sunapee hotels/inns on the lake. He would pick up rolls of film one day and returned the developed pictures the next day by car around the lake. His niece, Sally, acquired these 8x10 B&W photographs. She has summered on the Landing since the early 1940's - and still does... Thank you Sally for the memories and the pictures. Additional photos William Kitchen had taken in the Sunapee area between 1944 and 1950 - beyond Blodgetts Landing. There are some great winter pictures of “ice harvesting” and the “new” Mt. Sunapee Ski area as well as Maple Sugaring... These photos are at the end of the album.
Photographer Wm. V.D. Kitchen
The map is from a 1960s reproduction (done for a drug store) of a much older map (undated) of Lake Sunapee...
Blodgetts Landing Street Map - early 1900's
Wm V.D. Kitchen at Baker Hill
Idlehurst Landing Dock
Great Island & Little Island from Baker Hill
Mt. Sunapee (before ski area) & Cressy Point - from Idlehurst Landing
View of Mt. Sunapee from The Narrows
Mount Sunapee from Baker Hill
Digilio's farm on Baker Hill Rd. - now golf course
Cressy Pt., Great & Little Island - from Baker Hill
Baker Hill Rd. - looking south towards Mt. Sunapee
Baker Hill Rd. - looking west
Blodgetts Landing - from the water
Idlehurst waterfront
Mt. Sunapee and Cressy Point from Idlehurst
Sailboat Races
Sunday sailboat races
looking across lake from Idlehurst towards Burkhaven
Loon Island light - looking south towards Sunset hill
Sunset at Idlehurst
8 Indian Rd.
9 Lakeside Rd.
ice damage - Idlehurst dock
Ice damage to boat house near 12 Lake Ave.
Mt. Sunapee from Idlehurst - early spring
Cressy Point from 2 Lake Ave. waterfront
looking North from Idlehurst dock
Taylor Camp boat house - near 26 Lake Ave.
5 Indian Rd.
5 Indian Rd. - closeup
2 Lake Ave.
** NEW ** 2 Lake Ave. circa 1930's
2 Lake Ave. Waterfront
** NEW ** 6 Lake Ave. Longmeadow, shown with the Howe and Oates families - the original owners. They are, L to R, Horace Howe, Dr. Harman Howe, Lucia Stevens Oates, Edwin A. Oates, Fannie Howe, Harriet Stevens Howe, Harriet Armstrong, Adelaide Armstrong, Mrs. Horace Stevens, Julia Oates (sister of Luther), Luther Stevens Oates, Horace Stevens. Note, not a William VD Kitchen photo.
16 Lake Ave. - was WA-SEE-WIC boarding house
Original "Wa-See-Wic" Stationary & Envelope with return address - from 1940s
14-18 Lake Ave.
16 Lake Ave. dock - WA-SEE-WIC boarding house closeup
18 Lake Ave. - "Lakeshore House" boarding house closeup
20 Lake Ave. - "NoName" cottage
Lakeside Rd. looking south
Indian Rd.
6 - 20 Lake Ave. looking south
Lake Ave looking south
6 - 20 Lake Ave. looking south in winter
Fortuna Mail Boat at Blodgetts town dock
28 - 34 Lake Ave. and town dock
28 - 32 Lake Ave. and town dock closeup
38 Lake Ave. - "The Windham"
**NEW** 40 Lake Ave. - "UNEEDAREST" Cottage circa 1905. The dog, "Spider" belonged to the Switzer's.
Shoreline in front of 48 Lake Ave. Note, not a William VD Kitchen photo.
View of lake from 48-50 Lake Ave. looking west. Note, not a William VD Kitchen photo.
Shoreline in front of 50 Lake Ave. looking south in winter
48 Lake Ave. in 1961. Note, not a William VD Kitchen photo.
52 - 66 Lake Ave.
The Casino looking south - in the fall
The Casino looking south - in the summer
The Casino at low water - fall
The Casino - Blodgett Lodge in background
Shoreline just south of the Casino
view from Bowles Rd. bridge at Blodgetts Brook
25 Washington St. looking South
** NEW ** 28 Washington St. "Honeymoon" cottage - about 1940
Community Store - gone, opposite 37 Washington St.
Community Store - closeup
Postoffice - 42 Washington St. (also #44 - 46)
Taylor (fish) Camp opposite 45 Washington St.
Taylor (fish) Camp - closeup
47 Washington St.
Blodgetts Fire Station on Pine St. & Postoffice St. corner
15 - 19 Pine St.
Pine St. looking south
** NEW ** Aerial view of Cressy Point and Blodgetts - 1940's
** NEW ** Cressy Point house owned by the Coleman's - 1940's
** NEW ** Dock on the East side of Cressy Point. Note Blodgetts Landing Lake Ave. in the background.
Digilio's Farm house
Center Meetinghouse - Junction of 103 and 103A
Soo-Nipi Park Lodge
Soo-Nipi Park Lodge entrance
Grandlieden Hotel
Ben Mere Inn - Sunapee Harbor
original North Peak chairlift - Mt. Sunapee 1949
the original North Peak lodge
North Peak chairlift - Mt. Sunapee 1949 - looking back at the North Peak lodge. Note the "single" chairs
original North Peak single chairlift - Mt. Sunapee 1949
Main Parking lot looking towards the North Peak lodge
Lake Solitude - near summit of Mt. Sunapee
cutting ice blocks by hand. Probably Little Lake Sunapee location?
ice cutting machine for harvesting ice out of the lake
ice cutting machine in action
"human" ice cutting machines
pulling the ice blocks out of the lake on a motorized conveyor
longer view of ice harvesting operation
loading ice blocks onto the truck
Maple trees with taps and collecting buckets
Maple trees with taps and collecting buckets - closeup
collecting the sap
transporting the maple sap from the woods/trees to the maplesugar shack
unloading the maple sap
Maple syrup boil-down production
boiling down the maple sap to produce maple syrup
