by Athenaeum Photographs | Sep 17, 2020 | Announcements, Photographs
By Keeper Tom Hardiman Recently Sherry Wood wrote an article about how the Vaughan Street Urban Renewal Project removed neighborhoods and rerouted streets to create the Bridge Street parking lot. While some Portsmouth vistas have been altered suddenly and...
by Athenaeum Photographs | Jul 29, 2020 | Announcements, Photographs
By Photographic Collections Manager James Smith The history of the Rev. Samuel Langdon House is linked to two recent social media posts: Wentworth Cheswill (posted July 21) and the First Natonal grocery store (posted May 22). Serendipitously, these two social...
by Athenaeum Photographs | Jun 11, 2020 | Announcements, Photographs
By Photographic Collections Manager James Smith Pictured here is the relic of the former Portsmouth Bath House in the North End, as identified in this c. 1898 photo album. [Small photograph collection, PS855] In the summer of 1804, the Portsmouth Bath House...
by Athenaeum Photographs | Oct 4, 2019 | Announcements, Photographs
By James Smith, Photographic Collections Manager This past Sunday, we shared the above image on social media of the Portsmouth Junior High band, all of whom were unidentified, at the Whipple School on the corner of Summer and State streets, c.1920. [PS2659] On...
by Athenaeum Photographs | Mar 22, 2019 | Announcements, Events, Photographs
Sunday, April 7th2 – 4 p.m.Levenson Room, Portsmouth Public Library Seeking your history knowledge and memories! Did you, or your family members, grow up in the South End? Did you attend the Haven School?The Haven Elementary School Neighborhood...
by Athenaeum Photographs | Mar 16, 2018 | Announcements, Photographs
The Portsmouth Bridge (also known as the Pile Bridge) was a wooden trestle bridge that carried both highway and railroad traffic across the Piscataqua River from Noble’s Island to Kittery, Maine, in the vicinity of the old/new Sarah Mildred Long Bridge. ...
