WIN! WIN! WIN!
June 2005
SeacoastNH.com Contest
Answer a Seacoast history question
and you might win a prize from
Thom Hindle Collection
(Be sure to read the rules first)
FIRST PRIZE
UNIQUE EARLY SEACOAST PHOTO
from Images of the Past Gallery
How did Seacoast NH citizens get around 100 years ago? Why by "dog cart", of
course.
Now you can have a copy of this rare and authentic photograph from the collection
of Thom Hindle. The picture was taken in Dover, New Hampshire where Thom maintains
a collection of 100,000 negatives from early New England photographers. This picture
has been digitally processed directly from the 5x7 glass negative. Your print
measures 11 x 14 and is matted and ready for framing in high-resolution output
on archival quality paper from the THOM HINDLE COLLECTION. To see more images
click on the photo and visit Images of the Past Gallery. While there you can select from a variety of sepia and hand-toned images frame
and unframed. (Click here to see a larger version of this picture)
SECOND PRIZE
PORTSMOUTH THEN & NOW
Arcadia Publishing ($20)
The more things change, the more they stay the same. This special archive include
50 comparisons between Portsmouth now and in the 19th century. Images from the
collection of Bill and Connie Warren. If you love Portsmouth history, you'll want
this book in your library. It includes images from the collection of Bill &
Connie Warren, well known local history experts. One of our last copies of this
Arcadia Publishing book goes to the second place winner. To see 50 locations online
visit our Then & Now section.
Fill out the form and mail your entry today to enter our contest. Be sure to
review the contest rules. Contest ends April 30 and the next contest begins May
1. Good luck from SeacoastNH.com.
JUNE QUESTION
He was both a mummy and the "daddy" of the American Navy. Buried in 1792, this
famous citizen of the world spent 18 months in Seacoast, New Hampshire before
his untimely death at age 45. But he was exhumed and in Paris in 1905 and placed
in a marble tomb fashioned after the one occupied by Napoleon himself. Who is
he? ((Click for hint)
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