Sunrise, Sandy Bay Harbor of Refuge, circa 1906
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, warships from the U.S. Navy’s North Atlantic Squadron were regular visitors to Sandy Bay. News reports from the time suggest the squadron’s arrival was always a...
View ArticleMoonlight 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...
View ArticleFleet and Breakwater from Hill, Rockport, c. 1907
The caption of this card, “Fleet & Breakwater from Hill, Rockport, Mass.,” is barely legible, printed in white in the lower left corner. I have another version of this card with the same photo and...
View ArticleThe Fleet in Harbor, Rockport, Mass., circa 1910
Here is another view of the warships of the U.S. Navy’s North Atlantic Squadron at anchor in Rockport Harbor. For other views and to read more about the annual visits of these ships, see my other posts...
View ArticleSailors Landing from Warships, Rockport, Mass., circa 1907
As I’ve mentioned in posts before, the town went all out to greet the visiting sailors when the U.S. Navy’s North Atlantic Squadron made its annual visit to Rockport. Although the quality of this...
View ArticleHarbor, Breakwater & Fleet, Rockport, Mass., circa 1906
Here is a circa 1906 view of T-Wharf and Motif No. 1 beyond it. The wooden structure on T-Wharf is the coal pocket where coal was stored. It was later replaced by a cold storage building. T-Wharf was...
View ArticleWarships Entering Sandy Bay Harbor, Rockport, Mass., c. 1907
I’ve written several times here about the regular summer visits to Rockport of the North Atlantic squadron and of the to-do its arrival caused among the townspeople. While I’ve seen various photos of...
View ArticleAll Aboard for the War Ships, Rockport, Mass., circa 1907
As I’ve noted in several earlier posts, the annual summer visits to Rockport of the U.S. Navy’s North Atlantic Fleet were always a major event, with officers and sailors coming ashore for celebrations...
View ArticleMotif No. 1, Off for the Battleship, Rockport, Mass., circa 1934
On this Memorial Day, here is a view of sailors departing from T-Wharf to return to their ship. I’ve posted other views of sailors arriving and departing — such as this from around 1907 and this also...
View ArticleAll Aboard for the Ballgame, Rockport, Mass., circa 1908
Rockport native Merry Seppala has graciously allowed me to scan some of her old postcards and photographs, which I’ll be posting from time to time here over the coming weeks. She has several...
View ArticleNorth Atlantic Squadron in Bay, Rockport, Mass., 1906
Above you see both the postcard and the original photograph on which it was based. The view looks out over White Wharf at the U.S. Navy’s North Atlantic Squadron, which was a regular summer visitor to...
View ArticleTwo 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleSailors Resting on the Wharf, Rockport, Mass., circa 1906
Sailors line the north side of T-Wharf as a small number of curious onlookers watch them. Behind them, a two-masted schooner is docked at the wharf, but I doubt the schooner had any relation to these...
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