Can you identify the Talbot County view in this photo? Send your answer to [email protected]. The Spy Agents who got it right last week are listed below.
The winner from last week’s Mystery History contest was aerial Spy Agent Hunter Harris of FlyAloft, who correctly identified the Miles River Yacht Club, saying “That would be the Miles River Yacht Club a few years back. You can see a boat mast in the background and a 10 oz. Bud can in the yard.”
The image comes from a 1930s postcard. We looked hard for the 10 oz. Bud can, Hunter, because we believe that like an eagle, your aerial perspective probably gives you keen vision at great distances. We couldn’t see it, but trust it’s there.
Hunter H. Harris says
Hello Kathy!
This looks to be “The Strand” in Oxford looking towards the North East from a point on the beach just East of the ferry landing. The distant beach shack is in front of a home at the corner of Mill Street and The Strand, and the closer “shack” is abeam Steward Street and The Strand. The underwear hanging in the window of the closer shack was code for “This shack is occupied”, and the skiff on the beach was for a fast get a way. In time, these and other inland shacks were replaced by the club house at a nearby Yacht Club and public display of underwear was outlawed.
Thanks for the ‘plug’ from last week however, my company name is Aloft Aerial Photography and the web address is FlyAloft.com…..this is often mixed up.
I am considering opening a Spy Agent agency to help solve mysteries.
Call or stop by some day and I’ll tell you the cold hard facts and history of the Bud 10 oz. and how it shaped many lives.
—Hunter