The Conway Scenic Railroad station in North Conway, New Hampshire, lays quiet during the winter season.
Photo Credit : Mark Fleming
For the 2015 Yankee Magazine winter travel feature, Finding the 1930s, photographer Mark Fleming captured contemporary photographs of winter adventure in New England as he followed writer Bill Scheller on a 1930s-inspired winter road trip. Here, we’ve paired contemporary and archival photographs of the journey, which spans Vermont, northern New Hampshire, Portland, Maine and ends in Boston, Massachusetts. Who says winter in New England hasn’t always been fun?
1930’s-Inspired New England Winter Adventure | Photographs
The Conway Scenic Railroad station in North Conway, New Hampshire, lays quiet during the winter season. Photo Credit : Mark FlemingSkiers disembark from buses at the train station in North Conway, New Hampshire, circa 1946. Photo Credit : CSSR/Dick SmithVillage of North Conway, New Hampshire with Cranmore Mountain in the distance. Photo Credit : Mark FlemingView of Stowe, Vermont with the Community Church in the distance. Photo Credit : Mark FlemingGreen Mountain Inn in the heart of the historic village of Stowe, Vermont. Photo Credit : Mark FlemingA classic packard sedan in front of the Green Mountain Inn circa 1935. Photo Credit : courtesy of Green Mountain InnA snowy ride up the lift at Stowe Mountain Resort in Vermont. Photo Credit : Mark FlemingSkiers during the noon hour outside of the toll house at the foot of Mount Mansfield circa 1939. Photographed by Marion Post Wolcott (1910-1990). Intermediate trails, Sunrise and Lord, tempt young skiers on Mount Mansfield at Stowe Mountain Resort in Vermont. Photo Credit : Mark FlemingView of downtown Portland, Maine and the harbor from the top of the Westin Portland Harborview, formerly known as The Eastland. Photo Credit : Mark FlemingConstruction of The Eastland Hotel in Portland, Maine was completed in 1927. Photo Credit : From The Westin Portland Harborview archivesThe iconic George Washington Statue created by artist Thomas Ball and dedicated in 1869 stands proudly in Boston Public Garden. Photo Credit : Mark FlemingChildren in the midst of a snowball fight in Boston’s Public Garden, January 1932. Photo Credit : Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection, This post was first published in 2015 and has been updated.
