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13693Way Back - Gay Nineties Balls
  • Reference
  • Events, Gala
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
The Way Back Balls were held between 1948 and 1957, and possibly before. SWHPL #14597 shows a ticket to the Way Bak Ball in 1928 - note the different spelling. The twenty-five Sou'Westers held a Way Back (gay nineties) ball in the spring of each year during the 1950's at the VIA (Village Improvement Association) hall in Manset (the Thibodeau home in 2006). Miles Grindle talks about Wayback Balls in his recount of growing up in Northeast Harbor in the 1930's: “’Wayback Balls’ were held, when everyone dressed in old fashioned clothes, tux and top hats, long dresses, or overalls with plaid shirts. These dances were by invitation only, restricted to voting age, by a member of chartered ‘Waybackers’. The main snack, provided during intermission, was dry fish. Probably most people reading this journal have not experienced the joy of occasionally eating a piece of dry fish. The local fishermen would catch small codfish, and let the wind dry them on their boats, then strip the fish off the skin, and put them in jars. Alcohol was not allowed on the premises, but those who indulged kept their bottles in their cars.” - “The Local Boy: Growing up in Northeast Harbor, Maine in the 1930’s” by Miles Grindle, p. 29 – n.d. [2006] – Privately published – in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library.
Way Back - Gay Nineties Balls
Item:
  • 13693   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Description:
The Way Back Balls were held between 1948 and 1957, and possibly before. SWHPL #14597 shows a ticket to the Way Bak Ball in 1928 - note the different spelling. The twenty-five Sou'Westers held a Way Back (gay nineties) ball in the spring of each year during the 1950's at the VIA (Village Improvement Association) hall in Manset (the Thibodeau home in 2006). Miles Grindle talks about Wayback Balls in his recount of growing up in Northeast Harbor in the 1930's: “’Wayback Balls’ were held, when everyone dressed in old fashioned clothes, tux and top hats, long dresses, or overalls with plaid shirts. These dances were by invitation only, restricted to voting age, by a member of chartered ‘Waybackers’. The main snack, provided during intermission, was dry fish. Probably most people reading this journal have not experienced the joy of occasionally eating a piece of dry fish. The local fishermen would catch small codfish, and let the wind dry them on their boats, then strip the fish off the skin, and put them in jars. Alcohol was not allowed on the premises, but those who indulged kept their bottles in their cars.” - “The Local Boy: Growing up in Northeast Harbor, Maine in the 1930’s” by Miles Grindle, p. 29 – n.d. [2006] – Privately published – in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library. [show more]
9624Sou'westers Gay Nineties Ball - 1948
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Events, Gala
  • Hinckley - Henry Rose Hinckley II (1907-1980)
  • 1948-04-12
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Sou'westers Gay Nineties Ball - 1948
Item:
  • 9624   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Creator:
  • Hinckley - Henry Rose Hinckley II (1907-1980)
Date:
  • 1948-04-12
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection
Tags:
people, dance
9625Sou'westers Gay Nineties Ball - 1948
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Events, Gala
  • Hinckley - Henry Rose Hinckley II (1907-1980)
  • 1948-04-12
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Sou'westers Gay Nineties Ball - 1948
Item:
  • 9625   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Creator:
  • Hinckley - Henry Rose Hinckley II (1907-1980)
Date:
  • 1948-04-12
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection
Tags:
people, dance
9626Gay Nineties Ball - 1949
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1949-04-20
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Gay Nineties Ball - 1949
Item:
  • 9626   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1949-04-20
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection
9627Gay Nineties Ball - 1949
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1949-04-20
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Foreground - Left to Right: Wendell H. Gilley (1904-1983) Addie L. (Bragdon) Gilley - Mrs. Wendell H. Gilley (1905-1983)
Gay Nineties Ball - 1949
Item:
  • 9627   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1949-04-20
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection
Description:
Foreground - Left to Right: Wendell H. Gilley (1904-1983) Addie L. (Bragdon) Gilley - Mrs. Wendell H. Gilley (1905-1983)
9628Gay Nineties Ball - 1949
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1949-04-20
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Left to Right: Raymond C. Whitmore (1889-1971) - in checkered suit Dancing Couple: Geraldine (Hodgkins) Thurston (1924-1960) - Mrs. Leslie William Thurston - Leslie William Thurston's 2nd wife Leslie William Thurston (1921-)
Gay Nineties Ball - 1949
Item:
  • 9628   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1949-04-20
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection
Description:
Left to Right: Raymond C. Whitmore (1889-1971) - in checkered suit Dancing Couple: Geraldine (Hodgkins) Thurston (1924-1960) - Mrs. Leslie William Thurston - Leslie William Thurston's 2nd wife Leslie William Thurston (1921-)
9629Gay Nineties Ball - 1949
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1949-04-20
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Dancing Couple Left Foreground: Hester L. (Gordon) Brown - Mrs. Chester Edwin Brown (1916-2002) Chester Edwin "Plug" Brown (1914-1982) - owned the Central House Hotel, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Gay Nineties Ball - 1949
Item:
  • 9629   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1949-04-20
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection
Description:
Dancing Couple Left Foreground: Hester L. (Gordon) Brown - Mrs. Chester Edwin Brown (1916-2002) Chester Edwin "Plug" Brown (1914-1982) - owned the Central House Hotel, Southwest Harbor, Maine
9630Gay Nineties Ball - 1949
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1949-04-20
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Left to Right: Alfred Small Worcester (1913-1978) Ralph "Red" Hamilton Long, Sr. (1906-1972) - married to Idabelle Worcester, Alfred Worcester's sister
Gay Nineties Ball - 1949
Item:
  • 9630   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1949-04-20
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection
Description:
Left to Right: Alfred Small Worcester (1913-1978) Ralph "Red" Hamilton Long, Sr. (1906-1972) - married to Idabelle Worcester, Alfred Worcester's sister
9631Gay Nineties Ball - 1949
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1949-04-20
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Gay Nineties Ball - 1949
Item:
  • 9631   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1949-04-20
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection
9632Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1950-04-19
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
Item:
  • 9632   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1950-04-19
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection
9633Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1950-04-19
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
Item:
  • 9633   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1950-04-19
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection
9634Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1950-04-19
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Left to Right: Mary E. (Harriman) Carroll - Mrs. Richard Thornton Carroll (1911-2003) Martha Theodore - Mrs. James Theodore James Theodore (c. 1905-) Ruth M. (Thurston) Grindle - Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2008) Unknown man
Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
Item:
  • 9634   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1950-04-19
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection
Description:
Left to Right: Mary E. (Harriman) Carroll - Mrs. Richard Thornton Carroll (1911-2003) Martha Theodore - Mrs. James Theodore James Theodore (c. 1905-) Ruth M. (Thurston) Grindle - Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2008) Unknown man
9635Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1950-04-19
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
Item:
  • 9635   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1950-04-19
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection
9636Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1950-04-19
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
Item:
  • 9636   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1950-04-19
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection
9637Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1950-04-19
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
Item:
  • 9637   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1950-04-19
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection
9638Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1950-04-19
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
Item:
  • 9638   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1950-04-19
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection
9639Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1950-04-19
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
Item:
  • 9639   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1950-04-19
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection
9640Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1950-04-19
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
Item:
  • 9640   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1950-04-19
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection
9641Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1950-04-19
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Left lady with curled hair reaching out: Elsie M. (Phillips) Marshall - Mrs. Roscoe C. Marshall (1905-1988)
Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
Item:
  • 9641   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1950-04-19
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection
Description:
Left lady with curled hair reaching out: Elsie M. (Phillips) Marshall - Mrs. Roscoe C. Marshall (1905-1988)
9642Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1950-04-19
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
Item:
  • 9642   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1950-04-19
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection
9643Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1950-04-19
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
Item:
  • 9643   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1950-04-19
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection
9644Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1950-04-19
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
Item:
  • 9644   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1950-04-19
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection
9645Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1950-04-19
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Left to Right Foreground: Mary E. (Harriman) Carroll - Mrs. Richard Thornton Carroll 1911-2003) - in print dress Richard Thornton Carroll (1909-1993) Extreme lower right: Lucile Aileen (Farnsworth) Rich - Mrs. Roger Clifton Rich (1911-1989) Roger Clifton Rich (1913-1996)
Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
Item:
  • 9645   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1950-04-19
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection
Description:
Left to Right Foreground: Mary E. (Harriman) Carroll - Mrs. Richard Thornton Carroll 1911-2003) - in print dress Richard Thornton Carroll (1909-1993) Extreme lower right: Lucile Aileen (Farnsworth) Rich - Mrs. Roger Clifton Rich (1911-1989) Roger Clifton Rich (1913-1996)
9646Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1950-04-19
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
Item:
  • 9646   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1950-04-19
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection
9647Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1950-04-19
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Gay Nineties Ball - 1950
Item:
  • 9647   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1950-04-19
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Source:
  • Thomas Searls, Jr. Collection