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Squirrel Island Gathering, ca. 1905

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Squirrel Island Gathering, ca. 1905
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Description

A large crowd gathers on Squirrel Island for the annual Fete Week Field Day celebrations held in late August.

A two-masted schooner can be seen sailing into Boothbay Harbor.

On a flagpole from the building in the rear flies a 45-star flag (dating from the decade of 1898-1908).

At right is the Squirrel Island Chapel, built in 1879 and still in use.

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