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Rockport Then and Now — Motif No. 1
Here is another “then and now” image created by my son, Ben Ambrogi, by fusing a scene from an old postcard with the same scene as it looks today. For another “then and now” image, see Rockport Then and Now … Continue reading
Rockport from the North, circa 1909
Here you see a view of Rockport from above Beach Street looking south. In the foreground is Back Beach. Towards the middle of the image is Front Beach. Farther on is the town of Rockport, where you can see the … Continue reading
Clifford House, Pigeon Cove, Mass., c. 1912
The longer I write this blog, the more I learn that seemingly every house in Rockport has a story to tell. The Clifford House — which still stands at 182 Granite St. in Pigeon Cove — is no exception. What … Continue reading
Main Street, Rockport, Mass., Looking West, c. 1912
Horse-drawn wagons and carriages mix with motorized automobiles in this old view of Main Street in Rockport. The photographer, Charles Cleaves, would have been standing at the corner of School and Main streets. Behind him would have been the post … Continue reading
The Wharf (T-Wharf), Rockport, Mass., circa 1906
In this postcard, the wooden structure you see on T-Wharf is the coal pocket where coal was once stored there. Just to the right of the wharf, a shuttle boat is approaching with a uniformed sailor standing in the bow, … Continue reading
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Halibut Point, Rockport, Mass., circa 1915
The northeast tip of Cape Ann in Rockport is known as Halibut Point. Once the Babson Farm quarry, today it is a state park. On a clear day, the view from Halibut Point extends all the way to Mount Agamenticus … Continue reading
A 1939 News Article About Haskell’s Camp and the Origin of the Name ‘Loblolly’
As I explained in a separate post, Cindy Haskell is a descendant of the family that operated Haskell’s Camp at Loblolly Cove in the early 1900s. She sent me the following newspaper article from 1939, which she transcribed from what … Continue reading
A Shore Dinner at Haskell’s Camp, circa 1910
At the head of Loblolly Cove, just about where Eden Road and Penzance Road intersect, there was once a rough and rustic lobster shack known as Haskell’s Camp. It was a popular spot among tourists and once it even hosted … Continue reading
Two U.S. Navy Sailors in Rockport, 1907
This is a real-photo postcard of two U.S. Navy sailors visiting Rockport in 1907. The card is signed by Arthur F. Duggan, who identifies himself as the sailor on the right. He indicates that he is from the battleship U.S.S. … Continue reading
Rockport Then and Now — In a Single Image
One of my favorite postcards of Rockport is The Town Turned Upside Down, an early 1940s postcard by Virginia Cleaves Little. (That link takes you to my original post of it.) Now, my talented son Ben Ambrogi has worked some … Continue reading
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