THE WEIRS TIMES & THE COCHECO TIMES, Thursday, December 1, 2011
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VOLUME 20, NO. 48
THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2011
COMPLIMENTARY
History of Gunstock Mountain Resort
Join local
ski histo- rian Carol Anderson at the Mer- edith Public Library on Wednes- day, De- cember 7,
Garage at the Dane Estate in Center Harbor, now part of Hearthstone Bed & Breakfast, was a secret storage site for 95 paintings from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston during World War II.
WORLD FAMOUS ART WORKS WERE SECRETLY STORED IN CENTER HARBOR DURING WWII
by Roger Amsden News Correspondent
There were many secret
operations during World War II, including not only those conducted by gov- ernments as part of the war itself, but also those conducted by private sec- tor entities and organiza- tions looking to keep their assets out of harm’s way. One such secret opera-
tion took place right in the Lakes Region, where some of the world’s finest works of art, paintings by Titian, Rembrandt, Michelangelo,
Packing paintings in crates, 1942. COURTESY ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM ARCHIVES
Raphael, Botticelli, Ma- net, Degas, Whistler and Piero della Francesca, were stored away for safe keeping in a garage which was then part of the Dane Estate atop Center Harbor Hill on Rte. 25-B. Some 95 paintings and
nine stained glass win- dows were brought from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum to Cen- ter Harbor a few months after Pearl Harbor was attacked and remained there under armed guard for several years until it See DANE on 10
at 6:30pm as she takes on the triumphs and de- feats of four high-altitude jumps and the history of the snowy trails of the Gun- stock Mountain Resort. Approaching its seventy-
ROGER AMSDEN PHOTO
fifth anniversary, Gunstock has molded the careers of champion skiers and Olympians, including two- time silver medalist Penny Pitou, ski icon T. Gary Al- len and the ski jumping sensation Torger Tokle. Anderson pays tribute to those individuals who have worked, skied or played a part in this iconic moun- tain of the Lakes Region. Carol will be available to
sign books after her talk. Books can be purchased at that time. Refreshments will be served.
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