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St. Paul's School, Concord,NH

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This photo shows the SPS Flagpole ceremony from over 100 years ago, circa 1917. The Shattuck flag can be seen at the top of the pole, and crew members hold their oars upright. #ThrowbackThursday #TBT #crew #ConcordNH

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Dorm life in the 1870s at SPS - the dorm room of Robert Latimer McCook who was a student at St. Paul’s from 1877 to 1881 and is a member of the Form of 1881. #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #ConcordNH

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This photograph shows the Drumm Cottage from the front. It was built in 1894 and belonged to Rev. T. J. Drumm. It was given to School in 1911 and used as faculty housing. #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #ConcordNH

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Conover House, aka School Cottage No. 1: The man on the porch holding the white dog is identified as Dr. James Milnor Coit, Form of 1860 and faculty member from 1877-1906. Dr. Coit was the younger brother of the 1st & 2nd Rectors, H. A. Coit & J. H. Coit. #Tbt #ThrowbackThursday

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An undated photographic post card showing the Halcyon Barge full of crew team members preparing to make the trip to Long Pond. #Halcyon #ThrowbackThursday #Tbt #ConcordNH

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The Second Shattuck Crew of 1881:
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An undated photograph of the dining room located in the School, built in 1880 and torn down in 1929. The School was located in the center of the SPS grounds near the present day Schoolhouse. #ThrowbackThursday #TBThursday #Schoolhouse #ConcordNH

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Dr. George Cheyne Shattuck, Jr. - founder of St. Paul's School. #Tbt #ThrowbackThursday #ConcordNH #Founder

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The Grace Darling is an omnibus wagon that was built by the Concord Carriage Company in 1880. In 1925 it was donated to SPS & used to transport crew teams to and from Long Pond. In 1952 it was donated to the Museum at Stony Brook & was completely conserved. #TBT #ConcordNH

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Five horse-drawn wagons are shown ready to transport crew teams to Long Pond. In the background from left to right are the Big Study, the Cloister connecting the Big Study to the New Chapel (The Chapel of St. Peter and St. Paul), and the Lower School. #TBT #ThrowbackThursday

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This early photograph of the St. Paul’s School grounds was taken some time before July 21, 1878, when fire destroyed the original School shown in the center left of the image. The rectory is in the center right of the photograph. #Tbt #ThrowbackThursday #ConcordNH

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Hockey rinks on Lower School Pond, 1911. In the background from left to right are the following buildings: The Big Study, the Old Gymnasium, the Lower School.
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Archibald Montgomery McCrea, Form of 1894: The New Chapel is behind him, and on the left is the Big Study.
He was a Delphian, and in 1890 played on the 3rd football eleven. In 1892 he played on the 1st eleven as a rusher, and went on to Yale to play football. #TBThursday #TBT

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In 1855 the Rev. Dr. Henry Augustus Coit was elected to serve as First Rector of SPS, and on April 3, 1856, he and Mrs. Coit arrived in Concord along with the School’s first three students. He served as Rector from 1856 until his death in 1895. #Tbt #Throwback #ThrowbackThursday

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The Old Gymnasium in winter - taken in 1890 - with building No. 3 to the left. Behind the Gymnasium is Lower School Pond. The spire of the Old Chapel can be seen on the right side of the photograph with the chimney of the Big Study behind it. #TBT #TBThursday

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An early photo of Hargate, now the Friedman Community Center, covered in ivy.
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Today Millville is buried under a blanket of freshly fallen snow. This old photo shows workers using a horse-drawn scoop to remove the snow from the ice from Lower School Pond. Check out the icicles on the driver's beard - very hard work on a cold day! #ThrowbackThursday #Tbt

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This photo was taken in 1890 by Theodore Mitchell Hastings, Form of 1894, and shows the Rev. James Potter Conover (Form of 1876 and faculty from 1882-1915) playing hockey on Lower School Pond - near the current location of Ohrstrom Library. #ThrowbackThursday #TBT

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This clock was donated in 1922 to by Edmund Maurice Burke Roche, Lord Fermoy, member of the SPS Form of 1905. It was given as a memorial to those who had died in WW I. Lord Fermoy was the maternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales. #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #LordFermoy

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Francis Hobart Herrick, Form of 1877, attended SPS from 1871-78. He was an author, ornithologist and biology professor. He wrote books on bird life, the American eagle, the American lobster, and a well-respected biography of John James Audubon. #Tbt #ThrowbackThursday