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Mr. and Mrs. Elis Stenman Inside Their Paper House, circa 1932
In 1922, Elis F. Stenman, a mechanical engineer living in Cambridge, and his wife Esther bought land in the Pigeon Cove section of Rockport to build a summer house. They had been fascinated by a trend to use newspaper for … Continue reading
Birch Bark Framed View of Twin Lights, 1906
At the Gloucester block party tonight, I stopped in Bodin Historic Photo, where Fred Bodin asked me whether I’d seen any postcards where the image appears to be framed in birch bark. He just acquired several such cards with images … Continue reading
The Pavilion, Long Beach, Gloucester, circa 1910
Long Beach starts in Gloucester and ends in Rockport, and the Long Beach Pavilion was once a popular stop for tourists traveling from one town to the other — provided they were traveling by foot, because Thatcher Road had not … Continue reading
Train Depot, Rockport, Mass., circa 1910
If not for the enterprise of the people of Rockport, there might never have been a train coming here. In 1847, the Eastern Railroad Corporation open a railroad line for travel to Gloucester. The people of Rockport implored the company … Continue reading
Common and Square, Rockport, Mass., circa 1912
The view here is from Broadway looking south. Mt. Pleasant St. is to the left and High St. comes into it from the right. The diagonal cross street to the right of the common is no longer there. To the … Continue reading
Henry’s Pond, Rockport, Mass., circa 1910
The caption on this postcard says, “Fresh Water Pond near Bathing Beach — Turks Head Inn — Rockport Mass.” Although it’s not labeled as such, this appears to me to be Henry’s Pond, just across the street from Pebble Beach. … Continue reading
Rush Hour, Granite St., Pigeon Cove, 1909
I was thinking how sleepy Rockport’s Pigeon Cove section looked in this 1909 postcard, until it occurred to me that it’s not much busier today. Here you can see a horse-drawn wagon, various pedestrians, and the trolley tracks along the … Continue reading
Geo. J. Tarr School, Rockport, Mass., 1907
Here is a postcard that is as interesting for its reverse side as for its front. The front shows the George J. Tarr School on School St. in Rockport. As I wrote in a previous post, this building, constructed in … Continue reading
Rockport Shows its Support for Equal Rights, 1845
Needless to say, this is not a postcard. Rather, it is a scan of a Dec. 22, 1845, letter signed, “B.F.A. on behalf of The Rockport Social Circle.” The letter was delivered at Faneuil Hall, Boston, to Maria W. Chapman, … Continue reading
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Ye Stone Haven, Rockport, Mass., circa 1912
These twin stone towers still mark the entrance to Straitsmouth Way in Rockport. In the image below, you can see the Google Street View perspective of this same scene as it looks today. “Stone Haven” was the name given to … Continue reading
Vintage Rockport 