Hollywood Does Portsmouth in “Northwest Passage”
For a few fleeting seconds, the film almost captured our city.
Caleb Gurney Pictured Portsmouth in 1902
Best Portsmouth viewbook for collectors with 400 pictures
Mystery Stone Fish and More Dud Topics
A few stories that never got off the ground
Smuttynose Murderer Captured Twice
A rare Victorian stereograph card freezes a moment in crime
A Few Words from Dorothy Vaughan
Almost no one in town cared about history in the 1930s and '40s, Vaughan said
Let’s Meet at the Y in 1905
Where historic events come together
Famous Appledore Guests Named Bull and Booth
Victorian superstars hang out at Celia Thaxter's island salon
Oh, the Horrible Things We Do to Lobsters
We boil them alive and mock them on postcards
Readers Respond With Walter Brooks Pix
Every picture tells a story, but a caption helps
Coloring Frank Jones’ Massive Estate
Nothing exceeds like Excess
Tom Thumb Wedding Still Inspires Mock Marriages
Costumed children exchange vows in creepy fundraisers
Every Seacoas Home Needs a Blanchard Ash Sifter
Coal is GOLD! Don't waste a lump.