Who, What, When, Where.... and By Whom?
The Case(s) of the Mystery Photographer: Camden, 1982
Miss Teen Maine of 1982 was Carole Smiley (Navarro) (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
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48. Arthur Grinnell with the sideburns. Don Heald in the blue hat
54. Joe Brennan, Dave Emery, Bob Oxton
61. Mike Weed?
John Hart and Walter Drinkwater (maybe) (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
We heard from Miss Maine National Teenager, 1982: “My friend, Barry Sprague from Camden just asked if that was me in the photo - indeed! Laura Bonarrigo, Miss Maine National Teenager 1982 - my senior year at Georges Valley High School. I grew up in Massachusetts and Thomaston. My mom, Barbara Whitney, still lives in Thomaston and my brothers, J.J. and Andrew Bonarrigo still live in the Midcoast.” (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Michelle Gagne Hannan and her parents, Rene and Delores Gagne. (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
George Field from Warren Fire is on the right holding the banner. (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Dave and Carol Emery (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
John Bullard's Cadillac. (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Ken Bailey (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Chris Lowe (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Looks like Jeff Weymouth in the red shirt and shorts. (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Glenna Morong and Glenna Drinkwater (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Forrest and Faye Doucette already identified. Gagne family. Bob Hoppe with the folded arms. Tim Hall, holding the young child. (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
The photo of the princess wearing a crown and a blue dress in front of the firetruck looks to be Laura Bonarrigo. (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Tanya Misner (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Tanya Misner (blond hair) (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
The antique car belonged to a man who lived on the middle of Park Street in Camden and kept that car in excellent condition. Brown might have been his last name. Clive Brown in his Brush? (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Clyde Brown. Lived on Park St between Pearl and Mechanic (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Miss Teen Maine of 1982 was Carole Smiley (Navarro)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Arthur Grinnell with the sideburns. Don Heald in the blue hat (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Bobbie Oxton and Michelle Taylor (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Joe Brennan, Dave Emery, Bob Oxton (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Miss Teen Maine of 1982 was Carole Smiley (Navarro) (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
36.
48. Arthur Grinnell with the sideburns. Don Heald in the blue hat
54. Joe Brennan, Dave Emery, Bob Oxton
61. Mike Weed?
John Hart and Walter Drinkwater (maybe) (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
We heard from Miss Maine National Teenager, 1982: “My friend, Barry Sprague from Camden just asked if that was me in the photo - indeed! Laura Bonarrigo, Miss Maine National Teenager 1982 - my senior year at Georges Valley High School. I grew up in Massachusetts and Thomaston. My mom, Barbara Whitney, still lives in Thomaston and my brothers, J.J. and Andrew Bonarrigo still live in the Midcoast.” (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Michelle Gagne Hannan and her parents, Rene and Delores Gagne. (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
George Field from Warren Fire is on the right holding the banner. (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Dave and Carol Emery (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
John Bullard's Cadillac. (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Ken Bailey (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Chris Lowe (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Looks like Jeff Weymouth in the red shirt and shorts. (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Glenna Morong and Glenna Drinkwater (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Forrest and Faye Doucette already identified. Gagne family. Bob Hoppe with the folded arms. Tim Hall, holding the young child. (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
The photo of the princess wearing a crown and a blue dress in front of the firetruck looks to be Laura Bonarrigo. (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Tanya Misner (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Tanya Misner (blond hair) (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
The antique car belonged to a man who lived on the middle of Park Street in Camden and kept that car in excellent condition. Brown might have been his last name. Clive Brown in his Brush? (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Clyde Brown. Lived on Park St between Pearl and Mechanic (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Miss Teen Maine of 1982 was Carole Smiley (Navarro)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Arthur Grinnell with the sideburns. Don Heald in the blue hat (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Bobbie Oxton and Michelle Taylor (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Joe Brennan, Dave Emery, Bob Oxton (Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
(Photo courtesy Joe McGurn)
Photographer Joe McGurn appreciates old photos, negatives and slides of any vintage, and as a hobby, he collects them. Recently at an estate sale, he happened upon a treasure trove of old slides – all packed into five milk crates. Laying down $10, he scooped them up, took them home and was amazed by what found — a world of Camden, Rockland, Belfast, Beech Hill, lovingly chronicled from 1979 through 1985.
“I couldn’t see them getting discarded and I got them all,” said McGurn. “I unfortunately don’t know who the photographer was, but he or she was quite good.”
Sometimes the mystery is the most exciting part of it all, and as McGurn processes the images, he is sorting through events of those years: Parades, the launching of a yacht in Rockport Harbor (and moving power lines in the rain), schooners, sailing, and who knows what else.
“I thought you'd get a kick out of them,” he said. “I'll have a lot more for you as I go along. It could be an interesting project. It is interesting to see how Camden has changed in 35 years.”
It is an interesting project! But we need your help. Both in identifying people and places in these photos, and sleuthing to identify the photographer.
This first batch of photos comes from a July 4, 1982, parade in Camden. Who do you know? Let us know!
To see more of the photos that McGurn has been resurrecting from the depths of old milk crates, see:
More Firemen's Ball Parade photos, Camden, 1982
Reach Editorial Director Lynda Clancy at lyndaclancy@penbaypilot.com; 207-706-6657
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