Identify This
Georgen Gilliam Charnes
The Nantucket Historical Association houses the most complete visual record of Nantucket history in existence. The image here is from our collections, and may be one we cannot identify, wish for more information about or just want to see if people can identify. Many more images are available for viewing and identification at www.nha.org.

If you know the address of the house in this photograph, or if you'd like to see a larger image for closer examination, email: georgen@nha.org or call 508.228.1894, ext. 301, by Friday noon. Last week's image featured Tony Sarg's sea monster, which was a cleverly orchestrated hoax played on the people of Nantucket in July 1937. The newspapers ran articles warning of the spotting of a sea monster for weeks, and photos of footprints "found" on the beach. Then the monster "landed" on South Beach, Washington Extension (apparently, they were aiming for Jetties, but the rough weather ruined their aim!). Tony Sarg, a longtime summer resident, designed balloons for the Macy Thanksgiving Day parades, and the sea monster was his invention; the hoax was planned by many. Thank you to all who responded: Robert Young, Jason Ross, Sheila Todd, Max Berry, Robert Mooney Jr., Robert Mooney Sr., Grace Yates, Florence Clifford, Richard Mack, Ann Oliver, John Stackpole and Andrew Arzt.