Chris Baer
This was then: Williston’s Pier
Chris Baer teaches photography and graphic design at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School. He’s been collecting vintage photographs for many years.
Williston's Pier
The Oak Bluffs...
This was then: The Meat Wagon
Photos of long-ago Martha’s Vineyard.
This was then: The Pagoda in Oak Bluffs
Photos of long ago Martha’s Vineyard.
This was then: The Magnolia
Photos of long ago Martha’s Vineyard.
This was then
Vintage photos of long-ago Martha’s Vineyard
Photos of long ago Martha’s Vineyard.
Chris Baer teaches photography and graphic design at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School. He’s been collecting vintage photographs for many years.Holmes Smith GroceryThe Holmes...
This was then: antique photos of Martha’s Vineyard
The Casino burned down in September 1892, together with the Sea View Hotel and a number of other neighboring buildings. 'A southwest wind is all that saved the town,' reported the papers.
This was then: The Capawock Theater
Photos of long-ago Martha’s Vineyard.
This Was Then: Norton’s Livery Stable
Photos of long ago Martha’s Vineyard.
This was then: The engine “Active”
Photos of long ago Martha’s Vineyard.
This was then: Tricycling
The silent steed
This was then: Mr. Lovell
I remember being told he was missing for a few months and was found to have drowned in either a pond or brook nearby, and my grandfather Harold Rogers joked he was found during spring thaw.
This was then: Bathers by the Oak Bluffs pier
Photos of long-ago Martha’s Vineyard.
This was then: A full bath more than once a week
the other rules of the game included 'Sleeping long hours with windows open, Drinking as much milk as possible, but no coffee or tea, Drinking at least four glasses of water a day, and Playing part of every day out of doors.'
This was then: Girdlestone Park
Photos of long ago Martha’s Vineyard
This was then
One of the largest factories of its kind in New England, the Crocker Harness Company was easily the largest employer on the Island for two decades, employing over one hundred workers and supplying harnesses throughout the east coast (as well as for two presidents.)
This was then: Oak Bluffs, early summer
Fred Metell, whose sign appears in the background, was a popular Oak Bluffs plumber who later sold the Island’s first electric refrigerators. His father, José Pimental, arrived on the Vineyard in the 1870s from Flores Island in the Azores; his name was corrupted to “Joseph P. Metell” and he became the progenitor of the Island’s Metell family.