Contributed by Westport Island History Committee
Description
Annie May (Perkins) Colby of Westport Island celebrated her 78th birthday in front of the Woolwich Pumping Station, where her son worked. The pumping station was located at Nequasset Lake, and it pumped water to Bath.
One of Annie's children, Verlie (Colby) Greenleaf served the Town of Westport Island first as a School Committee member, and then as Tax Collector and Treasurer for 47 years.
About This Item
- Title: Annie May Colby celebrating, Westport, 1944
- Creation Date: 1944-05-03
- Subject Date: 1944-05-03
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Locations:
- Westport Island, Lincoln County, ME
- Woolwich, Sagadahoc County, ME
- Bath, Sagadahoc County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 12 cm x 7 cm
- Local Code: ColbyGreenleaf.Photo.27.1944
- Collection: Colby Greenleaf Collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Birthdays--Maine--Westport Island
- Cakes--Maine--Westport Island
- People associated with education & communication
- Pumping stations--Maine--Westport Island
- Westport Island (Me.)
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For more information about this item, contact:
Westport Island History Committee6 Fowles Point Road, Westport Island, ME 04578
(207) 882-8477
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