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Portsmouth Seal Depicts Largely Forgotten City

by Vintage Pics

No factories, no ships, no train

Read morePortsmouth Seal Depicts Largely Forgotten City

Sam Haley: Shipwrecks Were His Business

by Ray Brighton

Salvage and Rescue at the Isles of Shoals

Read moreSam Haley: Shipwrecks Were His Business

The Most Horrifying Film Ever Made

by Vintage Pics

“Mark of the Devil” guaranteed to upset your stomach

Read moreThe Most Horrifying Film Ever Made

“Reefer Madness” Closed Civic Cinema in 1947

by Vintage Pics

Originally titled "Tell Your Children," this melodrama was funded by a religious group

Read more“Reefer Madness” Closed Civic Cinema in 1947

Spotting Astronauts on Earth

by Vintage Pics

Scott Kelly visits Portsmouth Music Hall in 2018

Read moreSpotting Astronauts on Earth

The Day They Razed the State House

by Charles Brewster

Charles Brewster was the last reporter
to set foot in the fated building

Read moreThe Day They Razed the State House

Cowboy Frank of the Lost North End

by Vintage Pics

Sifting through the archives

Read moreCowboy Frank of the Lost North End

A Detailed Timeline of the Old NH State House

by Guest Author

From the heart of NH's provincial capital to a trailer full of rotten timbers

Read moreA Detailed Timeline of the Old NH State House

Was Henry Shute the Mark Twain of Exeter?

by J. Dennis Robinson

He was a judge by day and a children's author by night, recalling his misspent youth.

Read moreWas Henry Shute the Mark Twain of Exeter?

First Ladies Visit Wentworth by the Sea in 1948

by Vintage Pics

There was almost no room for Governor and Mrs. Dewey

Read moreFirst Ladies Visit Wentworth by the Sea in 1948

Henry Ford “Pleased with Portsmouth” in 1924

by J. Dennis Robinson

He brought along his yacht and Thomas Edison

Read moreHenry Ford “Pleased with Portsmouth” in 1924

Twenty-Millionth Ford Wows Port City

by Vintage Pics

Kids got out of school to see this marketing tool motor into town

Read moreTwenty-Millionth Ford Wows Port City
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