by Peter Anastas A friend put the bug in my ear. “Why don’t you write about how people in Gloucester love to talk?” “I’ve been thinking about it,” I said. “You mean you’ve been yakking about it up …
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Hotel Savoy, then it became Hotel Gloucester, located at the bottom of Elm and Main Street. I believe the street shown was Water Street, no longer there.
Peter Anastas In 1908, my father arrived in America wearing his mother’s shoes. He had come to join his father, who was working at the Massachusetts Cotton Mill in Lowell. He was wearing his mothe…
Led by beloved children’s author Virginia Lee Burton, this group of mostly untrained women created immortal designs. Atlas Obscura By Cara Giaimo One by one, the prints unfold before you. One shows…
Before photo and information Submitted by Fred Bodin: 51 Main Street (Cafe Bishco is there now). West End of Main Street buildings, including the Cape Ann Savings Bank and the YMCA. The second floo…
Joey: Thought you would be interested in who is enjoying the most recent snow out on Eastern Point. Best, Pat Morss
This past weekend I made a major score when I encountered a long-sought item: a placemat depicting Chestnut Street in Salem made by Louise Kenyon of the Folly Cove Designers in the 1950s or early 1960s. Though it is in rather shabby condition, I snapped it right up, as I have long wanted a piece …
Three Great Nautical Landmarks! Eastern Point Lighthouse sits on the eastern tip of Gloucester Harbor — America’s Oldest Seaport — in Gloucester, Massachusetts. This nautical landmark can be …
Hotel Savoy, then it became Hotel Gloucester, located at the bottom of Elm and Main Street. I believe the street shown was Water Street, no longer there.
Fran Jurga's Hoofcare and Lameness report on farrier, veterinarian & equine podiatry news, hoof trimming, equine anatomy, laminitis, horseshoes.
Fran Jurga's Hoofcare and Lameness report on farrier, veterinarian & equine podiatry news, hoof trimming, equine anatomy, laminitis, horseshoes.
Robert McCrum: Fifty years after poet’s death, his family’s summer retreat is to be turned into a fitting monument to his life and works
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I stumbled upon a super cool Edward Hopper site that was commissioned by the Julietta House. A screen writer traded a place to stay for finding the Hopper houses in Gloucester. They now offer a se…
This past weekend I made a major score when I encountered a long-sought item: a placemat depicting Chestnut Street in Salem made by Louise Kenyon of the Folly Cove Designers in the 1950s or early 1960s. Though it is in rather shabby condition, I snapped it right up, as I have long wanted a piece …
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Alden W. Poole of Quincy, a veteran, newspaper editor, emeritus professor of communications at Simmons College and peace educator/activist, died Saturday at his home. He was 89.Mr. Poole was born i…
Lawrence Nelson Wilbur (1897-1988), 'Tranquil Harbor' (Gloucester, Massachusetts), wood engraving, edition 55, 1958. Signed in pencil, and signed in the block, lower right. Annotated in the artist's hand 'OK 6' in pencil, lower left sheet corner. A superb, richly-inked impression, on cream laid Japan paper, with margins (7/8 to 1 3/8 inches); a small loss in the right sheet corner, well away from the image, otherwise in excellent condition. Printed by the artist. Image size 8 3/8 x 10 1/16 inches; sheet size 10 3/8 x 12 3/8 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed. ABOUT THE ARTIST Painter and printmaker Lawrence Nelson Wilbur's artistic career spanned almost seven decades. A long-time resident of Manhattan, his numerous exhibitions and awards include shows at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (twice), the National Academy of Design (Obrig Prize), the American Watercolor Society (Silver Medal, and Zabriski Purchase Award), the Salmagundi Club (5 awards), and the Society of American Graphic Artists (John Taylor Arms Award). Wilbur was the subject of a half-hour national broadcast on PBS in 1987, which stimulated renewed interest in his work and a major one-man retrospective, 'Scenes from New York,' at Associated American Artists in New York City. Wilbur's work is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, National Museum of Art, Library of Congress, Boston Museum, Philadelphia Museum, Museum of the City of New York, and the New York Public Library.
I hope our new wind turbines function well and quietly, have no construction crew members injured, and neighbors are not impacted by the noise or low frequency vibration. Bodin Historic Photo 82 Ma…
The world’s fastest horse could earn more in the shed than he made on the track.
I hope our new wind turbines function well and quietly, have no construction crew members injured, and neighbors are not impacted by the noise or low frequency vibration. Bodin Historic Photo 82 Ma…
