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Twins Pose at St. Clair Studio

by Vintage Pics

Why no more details or a photo of the photographer?

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Where Wagner Got His Bloody Rubber Boots

by J. Dennis Robinson

A strange Victorian ad leads to 5 Market Street in Portsmouth

Read moreWhere Wagner Got His Bloody Rubber Boots

My House is Not for Sale!

by J. Dennis Robinson

I wondered who was sending these weird postcards

Read moreMy House is Not for Sale!

Beautiful Downtown Portsmouth in 1940

by Vintage Pics

Beautify America--Get a haircut!

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Shopping Privacy, Then and Now

by J. Dennis Robinson

Attention shoppers! Your privacy died long ago

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How I Get Around NH (Barely) Without a Car

by J. Dennis Robinson

With low vision, even the shortest trip is an odyssey

Read moreHow I Get Around NH (Barely) Without a Car

A Lovely Artifact from Philbrick’s Pharmacy

by Vintage Pics

Inside a little family shop on Congress Street

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Ace Karlo, the Man who Built Portsmouth

by J. Dennis Robinson

It's 1986, and one of the city's celebrities wants me to meet him in the Square

Read moreAce Karlo, the Man who Built Portsmouth

Reviving the Good Old Days

by J. Dennis Robinson

The author manages a country store with a penny candy counter in 1975

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Is This Portsmouth’s Other Ale Tycoon?

by J. Dennis Robinson

In Search of Captain Eldredge and his Brewery

Read moreIs This Portsmouth’s Other Ale Tycoon?

Beat the Vapours with Portsmouth Lavender Salts

by Vintage Pics

Never travel without your little bottle

Read moreBeat the Vapours with Portsmouth Lavender Salts

A Boy’s Dangerous Love Affair with Fireworks

by J. Dennis Robinson

A brief history of patriotism and gunpowder in the Port City

Read moreA Boy’s Dangerous Love Affair with Fireworks
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