Name/Title
Gookin family photo albumEntry/Object ID
WHC 2018.22.68Description
Two men, one is Frank Gookin who is rowing while the second one fishes and two women in a rowboat on Megunticook Lake, Camden, Maine.; Grace Gookin and Frank Gookin getting ready for lunch as identified by Kay White, great granddaughter who also states it was taken on June 25, 1900. Woman is looking into a kettle and the man appears to be working on making a fire.
Photo album c 1898-1899, B&W photos, 3.3" square, 95 pages, two images per page, mounted on heavy cardboard pages. The Gookin cottage on Lake Megunticook and presumably the Gookins and friends are the subjects. Mary Isabel Cleveland Gookin is likely the photographer.
Also included is a folder of genealogical notes, research, and correspondence related to the album and the family.
Photo album c 1898-1899, donated by Ken Weed, belonged to his grandmother.Collection
Mary Isabel Cleveland Gookin CollectionCataloged By
Ken GrossAcquisition
Accession
WHC 2018.22Source or Donor
Donated by Ken Weed and Roger MoodyAcquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Date made
1898 - 1900Notes
Date: 07/20/2018Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Photograph albums, Photography, Snapshots, Families, Fishing, Landscape photographs, Summer, Summer housesSearch Terms
1890s;, Megunticook Lake;, Camden;, Maine;, fishing;, rowboat;, Knox County;, Frank Gookin;, Mary GookinDimensions
Dimension Notes
20cm x 27cm albumLocation
Location
Building
Walsh History CenterCategory
PermanentDate
October 21, 2025Condition
Overall Condition
FairDate Examined
Jul 20, 2018Examined By
Ken GrossRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Gookin, Mary Isabel ClevelandPerson or Organization
Gookin, George FrankPerson or Organization
Gookin, Grace FrederickPerson or Organization
Karslake, William JayPerson or Organization
Cleveland, GracePerson or Organization
Barrett, WilliamProvenance
Notes
Given by Ken Weed to Roger Moody, who gave it to the History Center. Ken Weed got the album from his grandmother.Copyright
Copyright Details
None knownGeneral Notes
Note
Notes: Photo album originally bouond by string, two holes in each cardboard page. The binding is missing the string is is well worn and deteriorating.
Status: OK
Status By: Ken Gross
Status Date: 2018-07-20Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
July 20, 2018Updated By
admin@catalogit.appUpdate Date
October 27, 2025
