Fishing and camping, Maine--Arthur Race--home movies. Reel 9

1154.0009
Race, Arthur Libby Collection
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circa 1930
'Boothbay Fishing.' 'Heron Island.' Dock. Sign, "Heron Island," on roof of small shingled shed. Around ten men, all in hats and jackets on dock. Group walking to shingled casino [view of painted sign; casino is name for social hall] and peering in windows. Wooded paths. Strolling on island (rainy day). Waves. Man riding in cart. Group marches along wooded path. Discovers snake. Preparing for clambake. Cooking, eating, drinking. Twirling hats on and other pastimes, posing for camera. Draping seaweed on one man's bare buttocks. Men descending dock ladder with difficulty. Back to mainland on launch. End. Film date code for Heron Island, 1930.
"Motor Boat" magazine, vol 4, 1907: "East Boothbay, Maine. --Hodgdon Bros. have finished a 22-foot launch for Arthur Race, for use in connection with the Madockawando House, Heron Island." [Seasonal hotel on Inner Heron Island]
Photo from Boston Globe archive, December 6, 1933: Arthur L. Race (left), manager of the Copley Plaza and one of the leaders in the repeal battle among hotel men, had the honor of serving the first drinks in Massachusetts at the Copley Plaza's Merry-Go-Round bar... http://www.bostonglobe.com/specials/insiders/2012/11/28/prohibition-massachusetts/QlZ2XbUZgH6JWUyNm1knJN/picture.html

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