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Description

The 50th Anniversary meeting of the Venerable Cunner Association and Propeller Club.

The earliest record of the club describes a meeting at Portland Head Light on August 7, 1845, where members went “to escape from the heat of the city.

Annual outings were held on the first Tuesday of August, mostly at Portland Head Light. In the 1880s the club decided to move permanently to Long Point in Cape Elizabeth.

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About This Item

• Title: Venerable Cunner Association members, Cape Elizabeth, 1895
• Creator: Venerable Cunner Association and Propeller Club
• Creation Date: 1895-08-06
• Subject Date: 1895-08-06
• Location: Long Point, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, ME
• Media: Photographic print
• Dimensions: 16.4 cm x 21.5 cm
• Local Code: 1999.36
• Collection: Venerable Cunner Association and Propeller Club Collection
• Object Type: Image

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Cross Reference Searches

Standardized Subject Headings

• Venerable Cunner Association and Propeller Club (Me.)--Anniversaries
• Venerable Cunner Association and Propeller Club (Me.)--People
• Clubs--Maine--Cape Elizabeth
• Costumes

People

• Bearce, Samuel T.
• Colby, William W.
• Fernald, Sumner O.
• Fobes, Leander W.
• Hicks, Millard F.
• Leach, Convers O
• Raymond, George E.
• Shaw, John L.
• Staples, Edward P.
• Tewkesbury , Clinton L.
• Tilman, Charles

Other Keywords

• Club
• Convers O LeLeach
• Entertainment
• Fernald O. Sumner
• FunWilliam W. Colby
• Organization
• Recreation

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