Early 20th Century Winters in Derry

Enjoy these images of early 20th Century winter scenes in Derry below.

Chester & Derry Trolley number 5, the Taunton snowplow, at the Derry Village car barn, undated.

Sixteen year old Myron Smith and his iceboat on Lake Massabesic in 1928. Powered with a 165 Gnome rotary engine, speeds of 90 to 100 mph were attained. 

Skating on Ela’s Pond during a Winter Carnival in the 1920s.

Sulky racing on Birch Street in the 1920s.

Some early Derry Athletic Association Winter Carnival Queens.

Gladys Fullonton / 1925

Beryl Woods / 1926

Arline Smith / 1927

Blanche Michaud / 1929

Pinkerton Academy, photo taken after 1977.