The Westport Historical Society conducted its first Photo Contest and Exhibition, with the entries and winning photographs being displayed at the Helen E. Ellis Exhibit Space at Lees Market from November 30th to December 2nd, 2006. Winners were announced and prizes awarded at the opening reception, which was from 5:30 - 7 p.m. Light refreshments were served. The two contest judges were: Robert Barboza, Editor of the Dartmouth Chronicle, and David Dionne, Westport Selectman.
Hundreds of visitors viewed the 109 photographic perspectives of Westport submitted by 50 entrants. View the slideshow of winning photographs and the exhibition on this page.
There were six suggested categories for the submissions: people at play and at home, village and rural life, scenes of 'working Westport', celebrations and traditions, growing up in Westport, and that which is unique or endangered. The Westport Historical Society is endeavoring “to document the material culture of Westport”, partly through this medium as well as preserving historical artifacts and documents. In fact, the purpose of this photo exhibition is to collect Westport residents’ images of their daily life and the town around them. One only has to view pictures from the late 1800s and early 1900s to discern their ordinary composition; however, from a historical perspective they reveal abundant detail about the people and time in which they were created.
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2006 PHOTO CONTEST ENTRANTS
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YOUTH DIVISION |
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Kayla Borges |
Melissa Cieto |
Grace Labossiere
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Joseph Labossiere |
Heather May Leach |
Meg Levesque |
| Mica Low |
Robert Porawski III |
Wes Thurston |
| * Division Winner |
* Second Place |
* Third Place |
ADULT DIVISION |
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Valerie Bain |
Pete Baker |
Stephen C. Bigelow |
| Mary Burns |
Marc Chardon |
Pam Clarkson |
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Charlene Connolly |
Nancy Z. Cook |
Alyce Crapo |
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Bette DeVeuve |
Jack DeVeuve |
Denise Duhamel |
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Joan Fradley |
Roger Griswold |
Russell Hart |
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Jeanne Kendall |
Lyn Keith |
James Kelly |
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Sarah Labossiere |
Vicky LeValley |
Rachaelle Leary |
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Claude Ledoux |
Dori Legge |
Carol Long |
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Donna Lubell |
Cukie Macomber |
Judith McLean |
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Laura Mercer |
Mary Miska |
Melissa Pereira |
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Heather Reed |
Lee Rudolph |
Jill P. Santoro |
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Thorton Simmons
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Betty Slade |
David H. Sprogis |
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Jerry Sundheimer |
Diane Taber |
Daniel Turpin |
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Joe Van Sloun |
Terry Yousif |
* Honorable Mention |
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