Why They Called It Market Square
Portsmouth bought a parcel of land at the end of the Parade in 1794. The plan was to build a market house similar to Faneuil Hall in Boston at what is now the northern end of Pleasant Street across from the North Church. The tall two-story brick building, complete with ten marketstalls on the first …
Photo Day at One-Room Plains Schoolhouse
All in our places with bright shining faces
Happy Lucky Leather Pig New Year
The farmer turned good luck into bad
Beautiful Downtown Portsmouth in 1940
Beautify America--Get a haircut!
A Love Song from”Lost Boundaries”
William Greaves sings "Guess I'm Thru with Love" in the 11949 race film
Prudy Randall Banding Birds
Rare photo captures a famed Shoaler in 1930s
Beneath the Wentworth Dome
Hovering overhead for almost 150 years
Bow Street Window Once in a Bordello?
This one has yet to be proven.
This Day in Portsmouth History
“An Historical Calendar of Portsmouth.” published in 1907
Giant Hooks for Giant Cod
A reminder from the Isles of Shoals that New England was founded by fishers and their investors
Claire Luce Plays Portsmouth
Famed actress Claire Luce faced a tepid crowd in WWII