Photo courtesy of Nancy Knight Bloomer, Charlotte Bloomer’s daughter-in-law
Charlotte Bloomer 1991 Interview
This interview is on 3 tracks for a total of 93 minutes. Charlotte was 93 years old at the time of this recording and had a cottage on Newark Island and Crescent Beach. In this interview, Charlotte talks about her memories of Sodus Point and Sodus Bay, specifically about the following:
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In the 1880s, her Grandfather and 8 others bought Newark Island
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Steamboats and passenger trains to Sodus Bay
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Sinking of old canal boats to make foundations for docks
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Steamboats stops on Newark Island
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Mail and food deliveries on Newark Island
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Island Queen sloop
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Yacht club dances and her grandfather was the first commodore
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Coal Trestle and the Malt House
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Memorial day and 4th of July celebrations
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Lark and Robin class sailboats
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1929 flood took 26 cottages off Crescent Beach
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Electrifying of Newark Island
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Ice houses and ice boat races
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Rum running at the end of Crescent Beach
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Helfer’s livery
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Steamboat Arundell and other ferry boats