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Tag Archives: Rockport Photo Bureau
Bearskin Neck and the ‘Yellow Bowl,’ Rockport, Mass., c. 1929
Compare this view of Bearskin Neck with the lower one in this post. Both are by Rockport Photo Bureau and appear to be from the same time period. Who knows, they could have both been shot the same day. This one … Continue reading
Haskell’s Camp and Loblolly, Rockport, Mass., c. 1925
I went driving around one day trying to find this view. As best as I can tell, this appears to be on Penzance Road, just about where it intersects with Eden Road. That is Loblolly Cove just beyond the cars, … Continue reading
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Tagged Haskell's Camp, Loblolly Cove, Rockport Photo Bureau, Thacher Island, Twin Lights
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The Harbor, The Headlands and Straitsmouth Point, c. 1920
In the nearly 90-plus years since this picture was taken, little has changed. Different boats were moored there then, there is no light on the end of the jetty, and close inspection would no doubt reveal changes in the houses … Continue reading
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Tagged Rockport Harbor, Rockport Photo Bureau, Straitsmouth, The Headlands
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Moonlight on Sandy Bay, Pigeon Cove, Mass., circa 1910
In honor of this week’s “supermoon,” here is a postcard of the moon over Sandy Bay from around 1910. The image is quite dramatic, with the fishing schooner in the foreground set off by the U.S. Navy warships in the … Continue reading
Pigeon Hill: A View ‘Excelled Nowhere’ on the New England Coast, circa 1915
Unfortunately, the view that an author once described as “excelled nowhere on the New England coast” can no longer be seen. The summit of Pigeon Hill, the highest point in Rockport, is overgrown with vegetation that obstructs what was once … Continue reading
Dock Square, The Old Pool House and Entrance to Bearskin Neck, circa 1930
The postmark on this card says 1932 but everything else about it says the Roaring Twenties, from the cars to the flapper-style dresses on the women. The card was published by the Rockport Photo Bureau and printed by The Albertype … Continue reading
The Inner Harbor Near Bearskin Neck, Rockport, Mass., circa 1920
In this old view of the harbor, note the fishing schooners docked alongside a large building on T-Wharf. The building was the freezer and cold storage building of the Interstate Fish Corporation. The building was constructed in 1918 and destroyed … Continue reading
Two Old Views Looking Down Bearskin Neck
Here are two postcards with virtually identical perspectives looking down Bearskin Neck towards town. Both have the exact same caption, both are published by Rockport Photo Bureau and printed by The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. Neither provides a date. Despite … Continue reading
Pigeon Cove Harbor and Sandy Bay, circa 1912
This postcard of Pigeon Cove is not dated. The derrick scow in the center of the photo appears to be the same one shown in an earlier post here putting granite blocks on the Sandy Bay breakwater. That earlier postcard … Continue reading
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Tagged Breakwater, Pigeon Cove, Rockport Granite Company, Rockport Photo Bureau
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Winter Scene Near the ‘Old Castle,’ Pigeon Cove, circa 1930
With a nod to this week’s snow and cold, here is a snowy scene from the past. It shows people riding a horse-drawn sled near The Old Castle, near the intersection of Curtis Street and Granite Street. The Old Castle, … Continue reading
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Tagged Old Castle, Pigeon Cove, Rockport Photo Bureau, Virginia Cleaves Little, Winter
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