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Herman W. Spooner (1870-1941) was the son of Edwin Church Spooner and Louisa Arathusa Smith. He married Sarah Gertrude Nutting in 1896 and had one daughter, Dorothy. He attended the old Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. His Civil Engineering and Architectural work took him all along the East Coast, but the largest part of his work was done in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Spooner was a resident engineer for the Haskell’s Pond Reservoir and the tunnel under the Blynman Bridge canal.  

Spooners photographs hold a special place in the Museum’s archives for their quantity (more than 1,000) but also for their range of subject matter. Spooner was able to capture major moments of history on Cape Ann as well as create imaginative and artistic compositions. During his lifetime, Spooner’s photographs were appreciated beyond the Cape Ann Camera Club (1902-1947) and were shown at the Boston Society of Arts and Crafts and were also featured in a traveling exhibition throughout the U.S. 

Click here to read about the Cape Ann Camera Club and Herman W. Spooner.

The finding aid for Records of the Cape Ann Camera Club can be found here.