Lange Camp Collection

Piel Farm--horse team, Parlin, Maine.

Piel Farm--bagging potatoes, Parlin, Maine.

Parlin Pond Inn--view, Parlin, Maine.

Construction, Main barn, Piel Farm, Parlin, Maine

Parlin Pond Inn, 1950s, Maine.

Marriage Certificate, 29 Mar. 1883 [Michael Piel & Maria Heermann.]

Michael and Maria [Piel] in Cuba

Michael [Piel] Portrait

Music Room, 245 W 72ndStreet, New York City. Home of Maria & Michael Piel, ca. 1904-15.

Michael Piel – Hunting Trip

Piel Family in Maine

Frederick Lindau, 1889.

Building--Cow Barn at Piel Farm

Maria Heermann Piel [with straw hat] (photo by: Woodward, 1911).

Henry Piel [Christmas, ca. 1906]

“Taken by Father of Louise and Paul at 245 W 72 St about 1910. New York.” [pencil caption on back in hand of Paul Piel.] Paul is holding the book “John Halifax Gentleman,” by Dinah Marian Muloch.

Moliere Play [MLPKemp 7/00: actor is probably Paul Piel, center]

Louise Piel in feather hat

Brooklyn: Photo sent by Maria to Paul

Red “Go Wagon” Route in front of Paul Piel’s studio, Parlin, Maine. [L to R] unid., chef, unid., unid., George McLintock, Carl Kohlberger [MLPKemp: CK was gardener; in-charge of farm machinery at Parlin.]

In front of main house. Postcard from Maria Piel to Oswald G. Piel, Blair Academy (NJ), 15 Oct. 1917.

Cover: Cambridge Latin School Club presents “Friend Fritz” for benefit of scholarship fund, Agassiz House, March 31 and April 1 [1911: inside--Hanezo, a tax collector, Louise Piel]

Christmas 1892: Conrad, Matilde, and Erwin Lange

Erwin F. Lange(Photo by Atelier Victoria, Rossplatz 6, Leipzig, Germany)

Erwin Lange [young man with tie] (photo by: Atelier Victoria, Leipzig, Rossplatz #6)

Frederick Lange (born 12/7/17) (photo by: Harrison, Far Rockaway, N.Y.)

Louise Piel with 2 sons: Roland and Fred(photo by: Harrison, Far Rockaway, N.Y.)

Roland Piel (as baby)(photo by: Harrison, Far Rockaway, N.Y.)

Lake Parlin – Main House

Lake Parlin for Sale (“Town & Country” Magazine, 10 August 1920)

Front, east side, Camp Waldfrieden [“Freedom of the Woods”; now Lange Camp, Parlin, Maine]

8 Mar. 1933, Dr. Jewst & Erwin Lange discussing Brewery (Marian Photographers, Lowell, MA.) [This is probably the Harvard Brewery, Lowell, MA.]

Maria H. Piel, w/ necklace of semi-precious stones, ca. 1920s (photo by: Bachrach, NY)

Agnes & Patsy: [caption on back by Agnes Piel] “Patsy and I having Breakfast on the doorstep of our cottage at the beach (California).”

Agnes Piel (“feeling very friendly”)

Hamburg-Amerika Line to Germany 1937: Maria H. Piel, Louise P. Lange, Frederick Lange.

Erwin Lange’s Birthday, Parlin, Maine, 28 Sept. 1941 [MLPK: (R-L) Erwin Lange, Betty Wentworth, Maria H. Piel, Julia Lange, Louis P. Lange, Agnes "Aggie" Heermann.]

Maria H. Piel ca. 1944 (“poplars in front of woodshed/chicken house thinned from 6 to 3”)

Lousie R. Lange with grandson Bjorn Roland Lange, Linwood, NJ, 1946.

(L-R) William, Oswald, Henry with Maria H. Piel [Maria H. Piel, Birthday, Meadowbrook, PA, ca. 1949]

(Back Row L-R): Bill Piel Jr., Elmar, Bill Sr., Sister Gina, Maria, Michael Loomis, Anthony, Maria Muessen Piel; (Front, L-R) Christopher and Anthony Piel.28 Aug. 1949.

Erwin Lange & Mayor Elkins of Skowhegan, Maine, ca. 1952.

Olga Lange with Tante Marie M. Piel, “Waldfrieden” dock, ca. 1952 [Lange Camp, Lake Parlin, Maine]

Main Entrance of Heermann Hof, 1953: (L to R) Toni Busch, Louise P. Lange [Castrop, Germany]

Heermann Hof, Herne, Germany, 1953: [L to R] Mrs. Weismann, Louise P. Lange Elisabeth Weismann, Maria Weismann.

Lake Parlin – views

Fred, Jakobina, Dog “Helga”, Louise [Lange] [Grace Pond, Parlin, Maine, ca. 1945]

Woman in large hat (oval): maybe M. H. Piel as a young woman

Barn Entrance of Heermann Hof, Louise P. Lange, 1953 [Castrop, Germany]

Louise [Piel] & Paul Piel with fawn, possibly at Mike Marr's Camp, Indian Pond, Maine, ca. 1896-97.

Paul Piel with deer and younger boy (possibly Rudolf Piel), possibly at Mike Marr's Camp, Indian Pond, Maine, 1896-97.

William Piel, Sr. approaching a dead deer

Lithograph by H. Schile

[L to R] Pony Cart – Marie Luise Piel, unid. woman, Gerard Piel, William Piel, Jr., Parlin, Maine, 1919.

Franz Piel, son of Wilhelm & Marta Piel, killed in World War I in the Battle of Verdun. ca. 1916-17.

Fred Lange at Phillips Academy, Andover, MA (middle row, 3rd row from front, far right).

Otto Piel (young man) (photo by: Rockwood)

Maria H. Piel & Louise Piel Lange with book

Louise Gertrud Piel [arms behind back in gown] (photo by: Marceau, 5th Avenue, NY)

Piel Hof near Dusseldorf, Germany

1943: Arnold mit Konrad; Hedwig; Elisabeth; Agnes Busch auf Recklinghausen if Westfalen.

woman in canoe with guide.

Mother & Jerry [Gerard Piel], July 1915, Parlin Pond

Maria H. Piel with son

Maria H. Piel (with child before stone wall)

Michael Piel Hunting party [MP left with gun] "Hunting Party at Center Islip, L.I." [handwritten caption on back.]

Maria Piel with 5 children (L-R): William, Otto, Maria H. Piel, Henry, Louise, Paul. [MLPK: possibly Delaware Water Gap, family vacation ground before Parlin, ca. 1894.]

Maria Piel beneath tree with 3 children [MLPK (L-R) Otto, Louise, Maria Piel, Paul, ca. 1894]

"Mike Marr’s Indian Pond Camps, Maine (on the Kennebec River); taken by Michael Piel in summer of 1900 (Arthur Woelfle seen on verandah.)" [handwritten caption by Paul Piel]

"View of Mike Marr's Indian Pond Camp, Me. Taken by Michael Piel summer of 1900. Showing Senator Williams' Camp on left w/ Arthur Woelfle on verandah and Dew Drop Inn on right." [handwritten caption on back by Paul Piel.]

Piel Hof, outside Dusseldorf, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany, by Paul Köster, Dusseldorf, 1902.

Michael Piel, Maine with Maria & 7 children at cabin. [MLPK: (L-R) Rudolf, Paul, Michael, Henry, Otto, Maria w/ baby Agnes, Louise, William.

Freddy Lange, 24 Feb. 1920(infant) with teddy bear. [NB: On photographer's envelope, Louise wrote a poem in German; translated by MLPK on tape] (photo by: Harrison, Far Rockaway, L.I.)

Maria Herrmann Piel with German men smoking meerschaum pipes. Maria holding Otto, aged about 3 years; William to Maria's left, aged about 7 or 8. ca. 1890.

Frederick Lange (with combed up hair)

Paul Piel, Portrait, ca. 1909 (by Pach Photographer, 935 Broadway, New York)

Christmas Card, Lake Parlin

Fred Lange & RBL (Dick Lawrence), MIT, 12 June 1938.

Laboratory of US Army General Hospital No. 12 (Kenilworth Inn), Biltmore, N.C.--July 1918.Capt. Gorbat in foreground, [L to R] Pvt. Dahlman, Lt. Schleussner, Pvt. Piel, Corp. Case

Franz Piel (L), son of Wilhelm-Heinrich Piel, killed at Verdun; with unamed officer. [MLPK: Buried near Verdun; MLPKemp visited his grave with Tante Marta Piel in the 1930s, an emotional visit.]

Gottfried Piel (photo by: Benque & Kindermann, NFG, Dusseldorf, Elberfeldstr. 4)

Louise Piel, age 5 or 6, ca. 1895 (photo by: Frank Pearsall, 298 Fulton St., Brooklyn)

Agnes Piel with doll in wicker rocker, aged about 10, ca. 1907.

Michael and Maria H. Piel at Meadowbrook convent (Pennsylvania), with statue in background, ca. 1950.

Young man in German cadet suit. [MLPKemp: This may be Agnes Heermann McTavish’s brother, Hans Heermann, nephew of Maria H. Piel, son of Joseph Heermann] (photo by: Atelier G. Gompertz, Essen, Kettwigerstr. 34)

Henry Piel & Marie Muessen in pony cart with pair of horses, Parlin, Maine, ca. 1912-13.

Marie M. Piel with Marie Luise as infant, at Gazebo, Parlin, Maine, ca. 1915

Bathers at Parlin: (Back Row L-R) Rudolf, unid., Henry, Marie, Oswald, Agnes, Clara "Clarchen" Wittemann, Roland; (Front Row, L-R) Oswald, Erwin (kneeling).

Margarita Schile Piel, Jacqueline Hess, Al Hess; at Hess home "Rohrsvil", Berne, Switzerland, ca. 1934-34 (photo by Rudolf Piel)

Tante Julia Lange in her 90s.

Louise Lange on a visit to her grandmother Maria’s farm, the Heermann Hof, Herne, Germany, ca. 1954.

(L-R) Erwin Lange, Julia Lange, Matilde Lange, Conrad Lange (Erwin's brother). [NB: Erwin is 18-20, ca. 1908-09]

Matilde Lange with umbrella

Erwin Lange & Matilde Lange with piano

St. Louis Ship (same as “Ship of Fools”)

Louise Lange & Maria Piel on board "St. Louis."

Maria Heermann Piel’s family home with garden

Maria 7 relatives at door to farm.

Old man with horses at Hof door, Germany, 1937.

Maria Piel & Fred Lange with relatives, 1937 [MLPK: young woman, front row right, possibly Agnes Heermann.]

Heermann Hof – full view of barn door

Maria Heermann Piel, cameo, young woman. [MLPK: aged about 18, ca. 1875; a reproduction of an original]

"Louise Piel Lange born 1890 in East New York" [caption by Louise Piel Lange, in her hand.] Louise Piel, aged 5-6, ca. 1895-96 (Frank Pearsall, 298b Fulton St., Brooklyn).

Jacob Piel, Michael’s older brother, ca. 1890 (photo by: Laura Lasinksy, Hoehstr. 6, Dusseldorf)

Louise Piel Lange with parasol, in costume, at Parlin, Maine, ca. 1915-16.

Piel family: (Top Row L-R), Louise, Henry, Marie M., Paul, Maria, William, Lorretto; (BottomL-R): Oswald, Edna "Timmy" Tompkins, Rudolf (with flute), Agnes.

Schoolhouse, Piel Farm, Palin, Maine

Greenhouse, Piel Farm, Parlin, Maine

"Lake Parlin Farm, taken from south gate, 1923." [handwritten by Louise Piel Lange]

Oswald "Ozzie" Piel, ca. 1908.

Louise Piel, in costume, Parlin, Maine, ca. 1908.

Margarita Schile with Agnes Piel, Sandy Beach, Lake Parlin, Maine, ca. 1920.

Parlin Brochure [Photograph--both sides]

Erwin Lange, US passport, ca. 1915

“Heilee/Heilo” (cartoon by Al Frueh, Piel relation).

Patsy Lyne at the St. Wolfgang Church, Aug 1937 (photo by Fred Lange) [Patsy Lyne is daughter of Agnes Piel]

(L-R): unid., Paul Piel, Rudolf Piel; US Army Hospital, N.C.

(Back Row, L-R) Otto, Henry, Maria H. Piel, Louise; (front) Rudolf, Paul (sitting) (photo by: Brown, Pine Hill, Catskill Mountains, N.Y.)

Rudolf Piel (in dress with cane), Parlin Maine.

Agnes Piel by Paul Piel (Indian Maiden in Canoe) "Photograph of Agnes Piel at Lake Parlin in 1909, taken by Paul" [Caption from large framed print of this smaller photo; handwritten by Paul; loaned to MLPK in March 2001 by Barbara Woodward Piel, widow of Michael Piel.]

(L-R) Edna “Timmy” Tompkins, Louise Piel, unid. Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA, ca. 1911.

(L-R) Louise Piel and Edna “Timmy” Tompkins. Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA, ca. 1911.

Four girls with bicycles (L-R): Nellie St. George [sister of Dr. Armin St. George], Edna “Timmy” Tompkins, Louise Piel, Marie Muessen. Parlin, 1911

Panhardt car, Jackman, Maine Post Office. (Back Seat L-R) Louise, Paul, Marie Muessen; (Front Seat) unid.

Louise Piel Lange, garden near barn and barrow, Parlin, Maine, ca. 1940-41.

Patsie und Fritz auf St. Wolfgangsee

Dachstein mit dem Gosausee

Schmale Gasse in St. Wolfgang, Schumacher in ker Dirnolschule.

Matilde Lange, Erwin Lange, Julia Lange (mother of Erwin & Matilde) (photo by: A. Gems, Guttstadterstr., 18-19, Allenstein Germany) [MLPK: Erwin is about 15, ca. 1905]

Agnes Piel (probably, 245 W. 72ndSt, NYC, Agnes aged about 10, ca. 1907)

Fritz Lange, June 1927, 9 1/2 years, Jamaica, L.I., New York.

Major von Villers [R], Herr Tiano [unclear], Austrian Consul [C], Erwin Lange, US Consul in Turkey [R]. ca. 1916-17.

Frederick Lange, 4 July, 1917

(R-L): Girls with bicycles: Maria Muessen, Louise Piel, Edna “Timmy” Tompkins, unid.; Lake Parlin, Big House, 1910-11.

“Paul Piel Taken March 16, 1917, NYC” (multiple-exposure art portrait)

Wilhelm Gispé (photo by: Laura Lasinsky, Hohestr. 6, Dusseldorf).

Frederick Lange, Phillips Academy, Andover graduation photo, ca. 1936

Maria H. Piel with child (photo by: Frank Pearsall, 298 Fulton, Brooklyn; 1227 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn)

Roland Piel Lange, aged about 10, ca. 1931 (photo by:Bachrach, NY)

Agnes Piel with man (unid.), Parlin dock

(L to R) Louise Piel, Anna Schmitt Schile (mother of Margarita Schile Piel), unid.

Franz Piel (son of Wilhelm Heinrich Piel, brother of Michael Piel) (Dusseldorf, 29 III 1915)

On Vacation (L to R): Mrs. H. Jerome Schile, H. Jerome Schile [above], Julia Regina [Schile] Lange, Dr. Conrad Lange [ husband of Julia Lange] (photo by: Warwick Woodlands Photographic Studio, Orange County, N.Y.; NY Address 60 Liberty St., J. Tapley, photographer.)

The gym on the roof Packer School, Brooklyn.

Oswald Piel’s Home, Dowingtown, PA

“Teufel” & Peggy Piel, Hempstead, L.I.

Agnes Piel with doll, W. 72ndSt., NYC (probably 11-12 years old), ca. 1909.

[possibly] 245 W. 72ndSt., NYC

Rudolf Piel, unid., U.S. Army Ambulance, World War I (probably, North Carolina).

Gazebo, Lake Parlin, Maine.

Rudolf Piel, Lake Parlin, Maine.

Mrs. Howard, Otto, Paul, Agnes, Babylon, L.I., N.Y., 17 July 1921.

Margarita Schile Piel with Teufel (“I have day-old chicks in my hand"--caption in hand of Margarita) Kilbuck, Ohio farm.

Elderly woman with fringed lamp, (M.P. McCoy: possibly Annie Schmitt)

Letter from Rudolf to Norman [NB: Envelope containing crew photos has dedication that 'these memories might help you recover from your recent loss,' an apparent reference to death of Rudolf's father, Michael Piel, ca. 1915. See, MLPK 3/31/01 interview for text].

Hans Heermann, 5 years old (photo by: H. Weingarten, Essen) [MLPK: Hans is son of Dr. Joseph Heermann, who is the brother of Maria H. Piel, ca. 1901.]

Maria H. Piel, 1905, Raymond Hotel, Pasadena, CA

168, Roxbury Road, Garden City, L.I. (home of Erwin and Louise Lange, Maria H. Piel, 1930s)

Brandywine Orchards, Downingtown, PA: (L-R): Louise Lange, Fred Lange, Maria Piel, unid., Marie Luise Piel, Oswald Piel, Rollo Lange, ca. early 1930s

Fr. Forrest, S.J. (L) Maria H. Piel (2nd from left), Margarita Schile Piel, Henry Piel (behind Margarita), Parlin, Maine

Henry G. Piel, 2-3 years old, 1887 (photo by F. Lindau, Atlantic Ave., near Butler Ave., Brooklyn NY) "Henry G. Piel in 1887 in E. N.Y. U.S.A." [handwritten by Maria H. Piel]

"Our house, 271 Lenox Ave, NY where Erwin Lange was born." [handwritten by Matilde Lange]

Rita Piel (daughter William & Lorretto Piel) as child, ca. 1918.

David Piel (son of William & Lorretto Piel) as child. (photo by:Harrison Studios, Far Rockaway, N.Y.)

Mary Piel, father Wm. Piel, Sr., marriage, CT. (photo by: David Berns, New York)

(L-R) Lorretto Piel, Gerard Piel, William Sr., bride Mary Piel, groom William Belcher Ward. Marriage of Mary Piel , daughter of William Piel, Sr., near Greenwich, CT., ca. 1937 (photo by: David Berns, New York)

Mary Piel Wedding, Salisbury, CT, 1937 (photo by: David Berns, New York)

Henry Piel Weihnachten 1915 [Xmas].

Jacob Piel (death 23 July 1911)

William Piel Jr. as child of about 7, ca. 1916.

Rudolf Piel (young man), about 16-17, ca. 1908.

Agnes Piel, "Enjoying Life”, ca. late 1930s.

Elmar Piel at Phillips Academy, Andover, MA. (photo by: Hunters)

Patsy Lyne, as teen-ager, circa 1936 (Photo by Trude Fleischmann, Ebendorferstrasse 3, Vien)

“Happy Birthday Grandma, from Daniel, 1945” (Grafton, VT. home)

Margarita Schile Piel (photo by: Alcide Piccard, NY)

(L-R): Matilde, Julia Lange, Erwin, Conrad (photo by: Schaider, 1897, 183 E. 124 St.

Alexa Voelker-Jansen (neé, Heermann), niece of Maria H. Piel, daughter of Dr. Joseph Heermann, with one of her children (either Joseph or Hans). (photo by: Photographisches Atelier Sampson & Co., Limbeckerstr. 12, Essen a/ Ruhr)

River Scene, Gottfried Piel, Sr. (probably: Delaware Water Gap), with two children, a son and daughter (Sophie).

Dr. Matilde Lange, sister of Erwin Lange

William Piel, Jr. (young man), ca. 1935(photo by: Orren Jack Turner, Princeton, NJ)

Mary (L) & Rita (R), daughters of William Piel Sr. & Lorretto Piel (photo by: Ira D. Schwarz) "A Cup of Tea for Uncle Paul" [handwritten caption]

Maria H. Piel at 60 to 70 years (photo by: Bachrach, NY)

Maria H. Piel (probably in Cuba or California)

"Merry Christmas to Great-Grandmother from Michael, Anthony, & Christopher" [Piel; children of William Piel Jr.]

Gerard & John Piel (as children) (photo by: Harrison Studios, Far Rockaway, N.Y.)

(L) Roland & (R) Oswald Piel, ca. 1906-07

(L-R): Elmar, Henry, Marie, (below Henry) Michael, Marie-Luise Piel , at house in Woodmere, L.I., ca. 1925 (photo by: Mishkin Studio, 605 5th Ave. , NY)

Erika Piel (daughter of Wilhelm-Heinrich & Marta Piel)

Mrs. Louise Piel Lange with 1931 yellow and brown Model "A" Ford [MLPK: Marie Muessen purchased a Model A Ford, and Louise was so charmed she purchased same car; license plates were one digit apart.]

Panhard auto at Parlin: Henry Piel in front passenger seat next to driver.

Henry Piel's cabin under construction, ca 1931-1932 (left section, deer house; middle section, mushroom house; and right section was sheep fold with hay loft upstairs)

(L-R, top): Fred Lange, Maria Piel, unid., unid., unid.*; (lower row) dog "Wolfie", Rollo Lange, Margarita, Peggy with dog ("Selassie"), Helen Schumann (rear of Peggy), Freda Otto (between Peggy & Margarita) Joan Hanley (to right of Peggy), unid. woman [* man far right top: Rollo’s friend Irving from Andover, MA who was later killed in gas station robbery]

Mary Piel as child (daughter of William and Lorretto Piel), ca. 1917. (photo by: Harrison, Far Rockaway, NY)

Maria Piel with 6 children. (L-R) William, Otto, Maria w/ Rudolf, Henry, Louise, Paul. [MLPK: This photo was one in a series taken at Delaware Water Gap where Michael Piel vacationed before the family went to Mike Marr's camp in 1900. Since Michael is absent from photos, he may have been the photographer.]

Gottfried & Michael Piel families on vacation, probably in the Catskills, ca. 1894: [Back Row on verandah, L to R]unid. servant girl, Sophie Piel (pregnant with Walter), Gottfried Piel, Maria H. Piel (holding Rudolf), unid. child, 3 unid. adults; [Front on grass L-R] William, unid. girl, unid. girl, Henry, Arthur, Otto, Paul, unid. boy, Sophie.

"'Clarchen' [Clara] Wittemann, Parlin Pond, ME., about 1907" (caption in hand of Paul Piel.) [M.L.P.KEMP: CW was a "family friend through social group of New York beer people"; later married to Dr. Ben Shreiner of Buffalo, NY; a close friend of Louise Piel.]

"Fred Lange, while at MIT, about 1940" [handwritten by Louise Piel] (photo by : Bachrach, NY)

Paul Piel in Harvard Theatrical (photo by: Pach Studios, Cambridge, MA)

Carriage House [From a brochure produced to market Piel Farm, Parlin, for sale in 1920.]

Chicken House [From a brochure produced to market Piel Farm, Parlin, for sale in 1920.]

Helps' House [from a brochure produced to market Piel Farm, Parlin, for sale in 1920.]

Boat House [MLPK: later fell down, near the site of Henry Piel's cabin.] [From a brochure produced to market Piel Farm, Parlin, for sale in 1920.]

Guide House. [From a brochure produced to market Piel Farm, Parlin, for sale in 1920.]

Barn [From a brochure produced to market Piel Farm, Parlin, for sale in 1920. This is the animal barn built by Michael Piel and shown in construction photos. There was also, for a time, a hay barn across the road from the main house that later burned.]

Ice House [MLPK: stored ice cut from lake in sawdust] [From a brochure produced to market Piel Farm, Parlin, for sale in 1920.]

Water Tower [From a brochure produced to market Piel Farm, Parlin, for sale in 1920.] [MLPK: water from spring was piped under Lake Parlin to the Water Tower on a hill. The tank inside the tower was a large wooden tank.]