Margarita P. McCoy Collection

“To dear Peggy, Love and Christmas greetings. Best wishes, Tante Marie and Uncle Henry, Christmas 1969.” [L] Marie M. Piel, [R] Henry G. Piel, Abbott's Village, Maine, 1969.

Main house, Lake Parlin Farm, view from circular drive.

Hubert Michael Piel with three cocker spaniels on bench, Lake Parlin Farm, n.d.

Rudolf A. Piel holding infant Margarita Piel, Killbuck, Ohio, 1924.

Rudolf A. Piel (center) at table, Brewing Department, University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, with two staff members, ca. 1933 [NB: caption on back in German.]

Anna S. Schile, mother of Margarita S. Piel, holding infant Margarita Piel, Killbuck, Ohio, 1924.

Margarita Piel, portrait. [photo by: Bachrach, “24]

Rudolf A. Piel and German Shepherd “Teufel”, home, 66 Locust St., Garden City, L.I., ca. 1934.

German shepherd “Tuefel” guarding wicker pram with infant Margarita Piel. "Teufel, my bassinet, Killbuck, Ohio, 1923." [caption by Margarita P. McCoy, July 2001.]

Rudolf A. Piel and Margarita S. Piel holding infant Margarita Piel. Pencil caption on back reads, “9 weeks old.”Killbuck, Ohio, ca. July 1923.

Margarita Schile Piel holding infant Margarita Piel, with German Shepherd “Tuefel” before Victrola, 18 October 1923, Killbuck, Ohio.

(L to R) Margarita Piel, cocker spaniel "Widget", Rudolf A. Piel, "Mups", Margarita Schile Piel, "Haile Selassie", Piel Farm, Concord, Massachusetts, ca. 1942.

(L to R) Jenny Kraushaar Schile, Jerome Schile, Rudolf A. Piel, Margarita Schile Piel, Harry Guirmande (whose mother was Margarita S. Piel’s close cousin), Piel Farm, Concord, Massachusetts, 1944. With cocker spaniels in the foreground. "Visit of Henry Guirmande to Concord on his way from Europe to his home in California." [caption by Margarita P. McCoy, July 2001.]

“This is our little group beside our P.T. Note Auringer--Pro isn’t he?” [L to R] Ray X, Kid Kroner, Lov; (front) Davidson [caption by Alfred M. McCoy, Jr.] (photo credit by Hilton)”"(L to R) Ray Auringer, Alfred M. McCoy, Kroner, Love, Davidson, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1943." [caption by Margarita P. McCoy, July 2001.]

(L to R) Margarita Piel and Cadet Alfred M. McCoy, Jr., US Military Academy at West Point, 1943.

(L to R, front) Alfred W. McCoy and Margarita Candace McCoy, (L to R, rear) Margarita Schile Piel and Rudolf A. Piel, Locust Valley, NY, ca. 1958.

(L to R) Margarita Schile Piel, Margarita Candace McCoy, Alfred W. McCoy, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 1948.

Alfred W. McCoy, Norfolk, VA., 1945.

(L to R) Hubert Michael Piel with shotgun and Rudolf Alfred Piel, Mike Marr’s Camp, Maine, ca. 1900. “Taken by a guest at Mike Marr’s Camps, 1900, Indian Pond, Maine. Father Michael Hubert Piel, born 1849, and Rudolf Alfred Piel, aged 6 1/2 years.” (pencil caption in hand of Paul Piel, brother of Rudolf Piel.)

Margarita Erwina Schile Piel, wedding portrait, ca. 1919. (photo by Botto-Moscher, NY)

Margarita Piel, Garden City, L.I., ca. 1938.

Rudolf A. Piel (left) holding chicks, Killbuck, Ohio, ca. 1922. [photo by: E.L Johnson, Photographer, Patchogue, N.Y.] [NB: photo identification by Margarita P. McCoy, 7/2001, may be incorrect since photographer is on Long Island, indicating photo may show Rudolf Piel chicken operations at Smithfield, Long Island in the 1930s.]

Rudolf A. Piel (left, with rod), ., ca. 1931. “Caught on Schuberts DOT, Capt. O.L. Schubert, Miami, Fla.” (Credit: photo by: DeLaney & Beers, 216-217 Flagler Arcade, Miami, Fla.)

Margarita Piel with German shepherd “Teufel”, at home, Garden City, L.I., ca. 1934.

(left to right) Marian Bayer, Margarita Piel [wearing sign reading “Garden City High School, Garden City, New York”], Marge Gardner, unid., Sue Kress, unid., Wells College, Aurora, NY, 1940.

(L to R, clockwise) Rudolf A. Piel, Margarita Piel McCoy, Second Lieutenant Alfred M. McCoy, Jr., Margarita Schile Piel, Jerome Schile (seated). At wedding of Margarita Piel and Alfred M. McCoy, Concord, Massachusetts, 10 June 1944 [Caption by Margaret C. McCoy, “Isn’t it darling of Sandy.” This reference is to the bride, Margarita “Sandy” Piel]

Piel Farm, Concord, Massachusetts, ca. 1940. “Farmhouse and barn, bought by Rudolf A. Piel, Concord, Mass, ca. 1940.” [caption by Margarita P. McCoy, July 2001.]

Lake Parlin, Maine.

Alfred W. McCoy. High school graduation photo, Kent School, Kent, CT., 1964.

“Services for Rudolf A. Piel. December 23, 1891--August 19, 1961. Services at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 10 O’Clock Monday, Aug. 21. Officiating Clergyman, Reverend John Knapp. Cremation will follow.”

Rudolf A. Piel on horseback, Rocking R Ranch, Dade City, Florida.

Margarita Schile Piel, holding cocker spaniel “Bitsy”, Rocking R Ranch, Dade City, Florida.

Anna Schmitt Schile holding Margarita Piel, aged 9 weeks, with German shepherd dog “Teufel.”

Margarita Piel with German shepherd dog Teufel, at home, Garden City, Long Island, 1933-34. [caption by Margarita P. McCoy: “I think this was taken about 1933 or ’34.”]

Margarita Piel McCoy, holding newborn son Alfred W. McCoy, Piel Farm, Concord, Massachusetts, June 1945.

Margarita Schile Piel, portrait. (Credit: M. Rosel, N.Y.)

Alfred W. McCoy, football uniform, Kent School, Kent, CT., fall, 1963.

View of Alps with village below.

Girl walking over bridge in Germany or Switzerland.

Beach, NY City, (right) Margarita Schile Piel, (2nd from right) Margarita Sandra Piel.

John Jerome Schile (father of Margarita Schile Piel), Garden City, Long Island, 1930s.

Piel family Cocker Spaniels, Concord, Massachusetts, ca. 1940.

Gazebo, Piel Farm, Lake Parlin, Maine.

Margarita Sandra Piel, aged 17, in front of main house, Piel Farm, Parlin Pond, Maine, summer of 1941.

Cadet Alfred M. McCoy, Jr., US Military Academy at West Point.

Marriage of Lieutenant Alfred M. McCoy, Jr., and Margarita Sandra Piel, Piel Farm, Concord, Massachusetts, 10 June 1944.

(L to R) Margarita S. Piel, Alfred M. McCoy, Sr., Margaret C. McCoy, Margarita Piel McCoy, Carolyn McCoy.

Margarita Piel McCoy with son, Alfred W. McCoy, Piel Farm, Concord, Massachusetts, June 1945.

Lieutenant Alfred M. McCoy, Jr. France, 1944-45.

Alfred W. McCoy, aged 2 or 3, Chicago, Illinois.

Captain Alfred M. McCoy and Mrs. Margarita P. McCoy, Florida, as Capt. McCoy takes flight for Korea.

Captain Alfred M. McCoy, Jr. Korea. “Guess who again—note the ‘cookie-duster’!” (Caption in hand of Captain Alfred M. McCoy, Jr.)

Captain Alfred M. McCoy, in jeep, Korea.

Terrain, Korea. (Credit: Captain Alfred M. McCoy, Jr.)

North Korean propaganda, painted on walls Korea, reading “We Well Treat P.O.W.” and “Give Up Arms Your Safety Insured” (Credit: Captain Alfred M. McCoy, Jr.)

US Army Field Artillery, Korea, Battery on parade with American flag.

Captain Alfred M. McCoy, Jr., US Army Field Artillery, Korea

US Army Field Artillery, Korea. (2nd from right) Captain Alfred M. McCoy, Jr.

Creek behind home of Rudolf and Margarita S. Piel, Ft. Meyers, Florida. (L to R) Margarita P. McCoy (pregnant with Timothy), Candace, and Alfred W. McCoy, playing with toy boat sent from Japan by father, Captain Alfred M. McCoy, Jr.

First Grade field trip to fire house, Thomas A. Edison Elementary School, Ft. Meyers, Florida. (Seated, far left) Alfred W. McCoy.

Alfred W. McCoy, Thomas A. Edison Elementary School, Ft. Meyers, Florida.

Alfred W. McCoy and Candace McCoy, on Candace’s tricycle, Ft. Meyers, Florida.

Alfred W. McCoy, aged 6, and Candace McCoy, aged 4, Ft. Meyers, Florida, in Piel Farm, Lake Parlin rocker on front porch of the home of their mother, Margarita P. McCoy.

Alfred W. McCoy, aged 6, and Candace McCoy, aged 4, dressed for Easter, Ft. Meyers, Florida, at the home of their grandparents, Rudolf and Margarita Piel.

Alfred W. McCoy teaching Candace McCoy to ride a bicycle at their home, Artillery Village, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Alfred W. McCoy with Springer Spaniel “Beau” at his parent’s home, Artillery Village, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. At the rear is a rocker from Piel Farm, Lake Parlin, Maine.

Candace McCoy, aged 5 or 6, outside the family home, Artillery Village, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

(L to R) Alfred W. and Candace McCoy, outside their home, Weston, Massachusetts.

Candace McCoy, in “Miss Curity” nurse’s costume, and Alfred W. McCoy with bow, Christmas, Weston, Massachusetts.

(L to R) Candace, Margarita P. McCoy, and Alfred W., rear of home, Weston, Massachusetts, spring 1954.

George Schile, brother of Margarita S. Piel, sleeping at summer home, Blandford, Massachusetts, summer 1955.

(L to R) Christmas family photograph. Margarita P., Alfred W., Candace, and Alfred M. McCoy, Jr., at their home, Levittown, Long Island, New York.

Alfred W. and Candace McCoy flying kite, in potato field, Levittown, Long Island. fall 1954. (Credit: Alfred M. McCoy, Jr.)

Alfred W. McCoy, side door to family home, Levittown, Long Island, NY.

(L to R) uinid., Alfred W. McCoy, unid., Candace McCoy, beach, Long Island, New York.

First home purchased by Alfred M. McCoy, Jr. and Margarita P. McCoy, Maple Street, Locust Valley, Long Island, New York.

(top to bottom) Alfred W., Candace, Margarita P. McCoy with Springer Spaniel “Bow,” at their home, Maple St., Locust Valley, Long Island, NY.

Margarita P. McCoy and Mrs. Lincoln, sewing for St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, Sudbury, Massachusetts.

Margarita P. McCoy (front row, 4th from right), candidate for Planning Board, Town Meeting, Sudbury, Massachusetts.Undated, very small newspaper clipping pasted below reads: “Politically, Sudbury was woman-conscious too. Two women, Margarita P. McCoy and Katinka P. Coleman were elected to the Planning Board. A third woman, Elizabeth E. Atkinson, was named to the Park Commission and Marjorie A. Young to the Board of Health.”

“Broadband Low Sidelobe Antenna PGAP Subject,” Raytheon News (April 1959) [photo of A.M. McCoy].

“Testing Begins on New SAGE Radar.” Photo captioned “Fifty-ton radar antenna rides air lift to top of 45-foot tower.” Raytheon News (April 1959).

(L to R) Candace McCoy, Alfred M. McCoy, Jr., Alfred W. McCoy, Easter 1958 or 1959, driveway of home, Morse Road, Sudbury, Massachusetts.

“Gerard’s Eleanor, Bill’s Eleanor with Fred Lange & Al McCoy in rear” (L to R) at Piel Brothers annual meeting, Hotel Astor, New York City, 18 January 1960.

“Bill Piel, Fred Lange, Al McCoy” (L to R) at Piel Brothers annual meeting, Hotel Astor, New York City, 18 January 1960.

Henry Piel, Jack Tashof, Paul Piel (left to right) at Piel Brothers annual meeting, Hotel Astor, New York City, January 18, 1960.

“Marie [Muessen Piel], Gerard [Piel], Henry [Piel], Chester Borth, Bill’s Eleanor [Jackson Piel], Alfred [M. McCoy, Jr.], Marian (Mrs. Robert Piel)” (L to R) at Piel Brothers annual meeting, Hotel Astor, New York City, 18 January 1960.

“Carleton Healy, Eleanor Green Piel, Eleanor Jackson Piel, Gerard Piel” (L to R) at Piel Brothers annual meeting, Hotel Astor, New York City, 18 January 1960.

Rudolf Piel and Bill Piel (left to right) at Piel Brothers annual meeting, Hotel Astor, New York City, January 18, 1960.

Oswald Piel and Agnes Piel Mueller (left to right) at Piel Brothers annual meeting, Hotel Astor, New York City, January 18, 1960.

Rudolf A. Piel, Hospital, Dade City, Florida, prior to his death, 1961.

Candace McCoy, Cocker Spaniel “Bisty,” home, Morse Road, Sudbury, Massachusetts, early 1960s.

Margarita Schile Piel (Credit: M. Rosel, N.Y.)

Group of unidentified hikers, probably Europe, 1930s.

Unidentified young man with two dogs.

Margarita Piel as teenager, ca. 1940.

Margarita Schile Piel with Cocker Spaniel Bitsy, Dade City, Florida, 1950s.

Margarita Schile Piel and Candace McCoy, Sanibel Island ferry, Ft. Meyers Florida, 1951-52.

“Peg & Bo” [Caption in hand of Margarita Schile Piel] Margarita P. McCoy with Springer Spaniel “Beau”, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

(L-R) Alfred W. McCoy, John Stanton, Lloyd Buzzell, varsity football team, Kent School, Kent, Connecticut, fall 1963.

Varsity crew, Kent School, Kent, Connecticut. Coach T. Dixon Walker (left), Alfred W. McCoy (fifth from left).

“Palisades High Staging First Homecoming Fete,” Los Angeles Times 5 November 1964, pg. 2 [Candy McCoy, front row]

Alfred M. McCoy, Raytheon Corporation, Houma, Louisiana, September 1959.

Freshman Crew, Columbia University, Intercollegiate Rowing Association championships, Syracuse, New York, June 1965. (Fourth from left, Alfred W. McCoy)

Raytheon Corporation, Radar, Houma Louisiana, September 1959.

“Queen and Princesses,” Palisadian-Post, 20 May 1965, pg. 14. (Far right, Candy McCoy).

“7 Military Satellites Put in Orbit,” Los Angeles Times, 17 June 1966, p. 18.

(L to R) Christmas family photograph Alfred W. and Candace McCoy, Jr., at their home, Levittown, Long Island, New York.

Lieutenant Alfred M. McCoy, Jr., wearing shoulder patch of the US Army’s 2^nd Infantry Division during Korean War, 1951.