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Title:
Old firehouse, with its Sunshine Hall, was a center of village entertainment
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Quaker Hill firehouse
Weekly dances and Halloween parties at Sunshine Hall
Bachman's book
Object ID:
Kim07-025b
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
06/25/1998
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
According to Robert Bachman's 1967 book, "Illustrated History of Waterford", the Quaker Hill firehouse, with its Sunshine Hall, also served as a center of village entertainment where dances helped to pay the mortgage and Halloween parties left life long memories of the community.
People:
Bachman, Robert
Williams, Harry R.
Barker, Herbert
Barker, Arline
Search Terms:
Quaker Hill firehouse
book
Illustrated History of Waterford
Good Cheer Sunshine Society
dances
parties
theatricals
community center