Portsmouth Dressed Up and Partied in 1923
The tercentennial Pageant of Portsmouth was a full-on tribute to the city's history
The Ballad of the Squalus
From seacoast singer-songwriter John Perrault
When Playwrights Play With Local History
Actors playing real people inside the homes where they used to live.
Miss Agnes Huntington Performs as Paul Jones
Long before Mary Martin played Peter Pan, there was a female John Paul Jones
Changing Street Names is a Portsmouth Tradition
Does keeping old street names really preserve history?
Prescott Park Created by Millionaire Sisters
They broke their brother's will and re-imagined the city's waterfront
Edward Warren Clark was a Magic Lantern Man
Almost forgotten travel lecturer projected the world on the wall
Rich, Talented & All Dressed Up
Despite being born rich, John Templeman Coolidge was a nice guy.
Myles Standish Speaks Out on Death of NH’s First Settler
Pilgrim enforcer breaks his silence on the disappearance of David Thompson in 1627
The Forgotten Hilarity of Henry Clay Barnabee
He was, he modestly claimed, the funniest man in the world.
Barnabee Between the Acts Tobacco Card
Like baseball cards, but for actorsm and no bubble gum
The Oxford Novelty Vaudeville Company Onstage
The sign on the far right was the clue to this curious group