Ipswich band, late 1800's

Photos from Ipswich

By Gordon Harris on January 30, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

Many of these photos were digitally developed from original glass negatives taken by three early Ipswich photographers, Arthur Wesley Dow, George Dexter, and Edward L. Darling.

: The Agawam Brass Band with a horse-drawn trolley behind it.

: Agawam Inn before porches. Photo by George Dexter

: The Agawam Hotel. Photo by George Dexter

: Agawam Inn, N. Main (still standing) postcard image

: John Appleton house at the corner of N. Main and Central Streets

: Early aerial view of Ipswich

: Asa Lord’s store

: Bella Vista, Little Neck by George Dexter

: Benjamin Ellsworth with family members in front of the lightkeeper’s house. Photo courtesy of Melissa Berry

: Agawam Diner (postcard image). View more photos at http://storiesfromipswich.org/2014/03/31/the-agawam-diner/

: Benjamin Ellsworth and the Ipswich lighthouse by George Dexter

: Asa Lord’s store

: The Baker house, South Green by George Dexter

: Asa Lord’s store at Lords Square

: Baseball players, 1894 at what is now Bialek Park

: Arthur Wesley Dow’s art school

: Benjamin Ellsworth was lighthouse keeper for 50 years

: Brown’s Mills

: Blake’s Drug Store, now the Odd Fellows Building by George Dexter

: The old Caldwell house on High St. was taken down, but several Caldwell homes remain standing.

: Central St. parade, students from Shatswell School

: Central Street fire of 1894

: Brown’s coal gas plant, Hammatt St., Brown Square in the background

: “Burdock Park” before the Tyler Building was constructed

: Castle Neck dunes, Arthur Wesley Dow

: Camp in the dunes by George Dexter

: Intersection of East and Cogswell Streets, Arthur Wesley Dow

: The Carlotta took passengers to Little Neck, Ipswich Bluffs and Grape Island

: Richard Crane’s first Castle, which his wife hated

: Burley School

: Baseball, 1925

: Choate Bridge

: Clam photo hoax by George Dexter

: Choate bridge by George Dexter

: Ipswich churches from a distance, Arthur Wesley Dow

: Camp Agawam, photo courtesy of Bill George, who says that this WWII army camp was located off of Old England Road.

: County St. bridge, Arthur Wesley Dow

: Hammatt St. billboard and Brown’s coal gas company

: Central St., Measures Candy Store

: This Christian Wainwright house was moved to the corner of Market and Saltonstall, later demolished. The Whipple House is in its original location behind it.

: Central St. Armistice Day parade

: Cogswell School, Payne St. by George Dexter

: Central Street by George Dexter

: Ipswich Depot and baggage house

: Firemen at parade

: Daniels shoe shop on Summer St.

: Essex Bay from the Bluffs by George Dexter

: East St. house, after storm

: Isinglass Mill, Ipswich MA

: East St (before the landing was paved) by George Dexter

: The Dustbane factory by George Dexter

: The jail

: Denison School, Meeting House Green

: Ipswich Mills water-powered machinery

: Unknown girl by George Dexter

: Lighthouse and keepers house by George Dexter

: Giles Firmin park by George Dexter

: Emmanuel Baptist Church was on Loney’s Lane. Photo by George Dexter

: Jail on Green St., demolished in 1937 to build the high school building which is now the Ipswich Town Hall.

: Little Venice, by the Mill by George Dexter

: Central St.

: Elm St and South St. Ipswich Savings Bank

: Fire pumper

: Glover’s Wharf

: Ipswich Jail

: Lords Square looking north on High St.

: Ipswich River and the Jail by George Dexter

: Crane’s landing by George Dexter

: The Burke Heel factory, Depot Square

: Lords Square Prime station, when it was Esso

: Central St. Post Office by George Dexter. Postmaster Luther Wait is the tall man standing on the right.

: Caldwell Bldg, home of the Choate Bridge Pub

: Castle Neck dunes, Arthur Wesley Dow

: County St. sawmill

: Charles Kimball house, North Main St.

: Burnham’s Store where Dunkin Donuts is now

: Hart House by George Dexter

: The Choate Bridge, with the Caldwell Building on the left and the Ipswich Female Seminary beyond it.

: Crocker Snow, aviation pioneer

: Choate Bridge

: Damon Block (2nd) at Depot Squrare

: Market Square, photo by George Dexter

: The Mill Rd. bridge

: Sally’s Pond, originally “Centennial Pond”

: Hammatt St. parking lot construction

: High Street before the first bridge was built

: First Church when it was red

: Georgetown-Ipswich trolley by George Dexter

: Grape Island, Arthur Wesley Dow

: Ipswich River by George Dexter

: Fire Dept. horse-drawn engines

: Grape Island

: Little Neck Hotel

: Dr. Manning’s windmill where the Pub is now

: Mill Rd. bridge

: The Whipple House being moved, at the turn from market to South Main.

: County Street bridge

: Grape Island or Ipswich Bluffs

: Clam certificate, photo by George Dexter

: Clam shacks and the wooden Green St. bridge, Arthur Wesley Dow

: County St. sawmill

: County Rd., Norton house on County Rd. (demolished) by George Dexter

: Dodge house on N. Main St.

: Damon Bldg, second fire

: Green St. bridge and Howard house

: Hammatt St.

: Harold Bowen’s house, still standing

: Ipswich bluffs Hotel

: Fire station, with early motorized fire vehicles. The house behind it was moved one lot back.

: Hills Dept. store

: Civil War memorial across from Meeting House Greet. Photo by George Dexter

: Green St. Bridge and the old Jail by George Dexter

: Goulds Bridge, Arthur Wesley Dow

: Hammatt St. parking lot houses before demolition, view from atop Damon Bldg.

: Fox Creek bridge on Argilla Rd.

: Library with one wing added

: Market St.

: Damon Building and Market St.

: High St. shop, still standing

: Farmhouse and the First Church Steeple, Arthur Wesley Dow

: Currier’s Garage, S. Main. St.

: High St. house still standing

: Green St. bridge and jail by George Dexter

: Dodge house, N. Main St.

: Daniel Hovey house

: Little Neck by George Dexter

: Lathrop bros. Ice house

: “Bayview” by George Dexter

: Goulds Bridge on Labor in Vain

: Greek Hotel on the corner of Saltonstall and Market Streets

: Rogers Manse by George Dexter

: Market Square, WWII junk collection

: Little Neck Store, courtesy of Bill George

: Lords Square, early hand-pulled fire truck

: Quint’s Drug Store

: Tapleyville station, Danvers. Photo by George Dexter

: Robinson’s Shipyard on Fox Creek

: Ye Rogers Manse (House of Peace) by George Dexter

: Lightkeeper’s house

: Howard House, Turkey Shore Rd.

: County St. mill. Late 19th Century photo by Edward Darling

: High St. houses that once stood where the High St. bridge is now by George Dexter

: Harry Maine’s house by George Dexter

: Payne School near the South Green

: High St. bridge, newly constructed

: Lords Square Sunoco station became Dunkin Donuts

: Town Hill watchtower, WWII by George Dexter

: View from the pedestrian bridge, Arthur Wesley Dow

: Unknown Victorian house by George Dexter

: Daisy Lane Clearners, in the EBSCO parking lot

: Hart House by George Dexter

: Damon Bldg (original). fire

: Unknown, “The Standish” by George Dexter

: Unknown house by George Dexter

: Market St., Bailey house, 1936

: County Rd., The Columns after a storm

: High St. parade in front of the Lord-Baker house

: High St. mansion, no longer standing

: Ipswich Bluffs pier by George Dexter

: Hayes Hotel

: Denison School at Meeting House Green by George Dexter

: Upper High St., still standing

: Hart House by George Dexter

: Farmers and chickens by George Dexter

: International Hotel, Depot Square

: East S. Matthew Perkins house

: Market St. residences

: Immanuel Baptist Church on Central St.

: Winthrop School

: Town Farm

: Market Square

: Mill Rd. bridge. Photo by George Dexter

: S. Main, Currier’s Garage,

: Rogers Manse. Photo by George Dexter

: Old Town hall

: South Main St. reunion of Civil War soldiers

: Summer St. at Water St.

: First Church (view from the rear) by George Dexter

: Salt marsh hay by George Dexter

: East St. parade, 1950’s

: Water Street looking upstream toward the Green st. Bridge. Photo by George Dexter

: The Hayes Hotel on Depot Square

: Ipswich River and boats by George Dexter

: Ipswich Bluffs sundial

: Eastern Railroad

: High Street before it was leveled, by George Dexter

: High St. house (maybe) by George Dexter

: Emma Mitchell Safford

: Ipswich Female Seminary

: 16 Elm St., now at the Smithsonian

: Hill’s Department Store after fire

: The Howard house on Turkey Shore Rd.

: County St. woolen mill

: Water St. sketch by Arthur Wesley Dow by George Dexter

: Stone mill. Photo by George Dexter

: “The Howes” photo by George Dexter

: Water St. by George Dexter

: Waite house. Photo by George Dexter

: The Moses Jewett house, 1800’s by George Dexter

: Ipswich River and steeples by George Dexter

: South Congregational Church

: Spring St and East St., hay scales

: South Green reenactment of George Washington’s visit on the 300th anniversary

: North Green 1839, engaving by John Warner Barber

: two boys by George Dexter

: Washington St. old coal barn along the tracks near Washington St.

: Kings Rook/Stonehenge Club/ Carriage House Restaurant

: East and Hovey Street intersection by George Dexter

: Lords Square looking north on High St.

: Several generations of Mill Workers

: Essex Town hall

: Little Neck by George Dexter

: Marinis farm stand under construction

: Little Venice by George Dexter

: Lords Square after the store was removed but before Prime

: Clamshell Alley at 12 Water St., Arthur Wesley Dow

: A band crossing South Main St.. Photo by George Dexter

: Manning School, Central St.

: Corner of Market and Union Streets

: Robinson’s boatyard, WWII

: Linebrook and Pineswamp before the Catholic Church

: boat launch by George Dexter

: Lords Square lumber truck

: Shipwreck, the Ada K. Damon

: The Strand opera house and theater

: Water St. (Clam Shell Alley) Arthur Wesley Dow

: Old Lord house and trolley tracks by George Dexter

: South Main St.

: Lords Square fire truck

: Unknown house by George Dexter

: Methodist Church, Odd Fellows, and Wait house

: Ringbolt rock, Arthur Wesley Dow

: Grape Island by George Dexter

: Salt marsh hay by boat

: Summer St. from Hovey’s Wharf by George Dexter

: Footbridge at the Mill

: Grape Island

: Grape Island

: Lords Square service station at Prime location

: boatyard by George Dexter

: Jones Block shops

: Water st.clam shacks. Photo by George Dexter

: Ipswich River by George Dexter

: South Main St.

: First Church congregation, 1920

: Sally Choate house where the war memorial is now

: Shipwreck at Steep Hill by George Dexter

: Wharf, Samuel Goodhue’s store

: Wharf store

: The wharf, Arthur Wesley Dow

: First period living room by George Dexter

: shipwreck at Steep Hill beach

: Green St. Bridge view from Water St.

: unnamed woman by George Dexter

: Shipwreck by George Dexter

: Open Trolley, summer

: Memorial Building on Central St. under construction. Photo by George Dexter

: Mill strike, 1913

: Samuel Appleton plaque at Appleton Farms. Photo by George Dexter, early 1900’s.. Photo by George Dexter

: Mill Rd. sawmill

: National Guard at Cable Hospital during the 1918 flu epidemic

: Linebrook School

: Ipswich Mills strike, 1913

: Water St. Clam shacks, Arthur Wesley Dow

: Visitor Center, still standing

: Pier at The Bluffs by George Dexter

: Tricentennial parade

: Tricentennial parade

: House at Gould’s Creek by George Dexter

: Tricentennial parade

: Tricentennial parade

: Tricentennial parade

: Wharf store and pier

: Ipswich River shuckers by George Dexter

: Joseph Fowler house, High St. by George Dexter

: Mill Strike

: The Tyler building and trolley tracks, circa 1910.

: Tricentennial parade

: unknown street by George Dexter

: View from Little Neck,by George Dexter

: Evergreen Cottages, Rt. 1

: Hammatt St., Harris Oil

: Unknown Victorian room by George Dexter

: Methodist Church by George Dexter

: Whipple house fireplace by George Dexter

: The Depot

: Union St., Hurricane Carol

: Turkey Shore boats, Arthur Wesley Dow

: Water St. boats on Ipswich River.

: Mineral Street, by George Dexter

: Emma Safford’s house across from Town Hall

: Unknown house by George Dexter

: Lydia Dennis tombstone by George Dextere, Old North Burying Ground

: The Whipple House being moved over the Choate Bridge

: Whipple House First Period bedroom by George Dexter

: Ross Tavern on South Main St.

: Mineral St., Caleb Lord house by George Dexter

: Unknown Victorian living room. Photo by George Dexter

: Trolleys at Market Square

: Pier 1, upper river by George Dexter

: Wharf at East and Cogswell, Arthur Wesley Dow

: Olympia Fruit Store by George Dexter

: Pavilion Beach, Poor’s clam shack was at Pavilion Beach before Helen’s Pavilion.

: First Church, immediately after the fire

: Earlier pedestrian footbridge at the dam, Arthur Wesley Dow

: Tricentennial parade at Tyler Bldg.

: South Church

: Tyler’s Department Store

: Grape Island

: Tricentennial procession to the Congregational Church

: Richdales store, before

: Ringbolt rock, boats and wharves

: The Fire station is over 100 years old, still in use.

: Salt Marsh Hay by George Dexter

: Grape Island houses by George Dexter

: Hammatt St.

: Ipswich Jail, 1828 – 1933, with jail keeper’s house

: Hapgood’s news on South Main

: Waldingfield and Bay Rds, 1800’s

: Market Square at the beginning of World War II

: Steep Hill view: Steep Hill Beach with Little Neck in the distance by George Dexter

: Woolworths circa 1955

: Market St. as it appeared in the late 19th Century

: South Main Carriage House restaurant and Sherborne Wilson house

: Rogers Manse. Photo by George Dexter

: Little Neck by George Dexter

: The Stone Mill

: Mill strikers, 1913

: Gould’s Bridge by George Dexter

: Market St. house and store. Photo by George Dexter

: Unknown staircase by George Dexter

: Scouts and “Indians”. Photo by George Dexter

: Great Cove view of County St. sawmill

: Pavilion Beach, Helen’s

: Mill strike 1913 by George Dexter

: The Strand Diner preceded the Agawam Diner, which now is on Rt. 1

: Fowler house, High St. by George Dexter

: Measures Candy Store

: Wharf view by George Dexter

: Melanson’s boatyard

: Jeffreys Neck Rd., cows by George Dexter coming home

: Market St. early photo of a parade

: Green St. bridge and Howard house

: Little Neck by George Dexter

: Russell’s Lunch, downtown Ipswich by George Dexter

: Sacred Heart Church closed

: Ross mansion on High St.

: Market Street and Central Street 1894 fire

: Town Hill view of two steeples. Photo by George Dexter

: Meeting House Green, buildings still standing

: Bay at Agawam Ave. by George Dexter

: Town Hill view by George Dexter

: Marguery Restaurant

: Rowley Town hall by George Dexter. Photo by George Dexter

: The Wharf with Newmarch St. in the background, Arthur Wesley Dow

: Sam Appleton’s farm house “under the great elm”

: Schooner at Brown’s Wharf

: Payne School buildings at Lords Square

: Ipswich power plant by George Dexter

: The Knobbs life saving station on Plum Island around 1900. Photo by George Dexter

: Shanties on Water St., Arthur Wesley Dow

: Town Hill view of the steeples by George Dexter

: Saint Stanislaus Church on Washington Street

: Power station, Upper High St.

: unknown house by George Dexter

: Little Neck Sea Serpent by George Dexter

: Water Street clam chacks

: Puritan reenactment at Tricentennial

: Lathrop Brothers delivering ice

: Essex River by George Dexter

: South Side Store

: Water St. Old dock, Arthur Wesley Dow

: Unknown by George Dexter

: The Payne School near the South Green

: Town Hill view, snowstorm by George Dexter

: Salt marsh hay

: 12 Water St., and dory, Arthur Wesley Dow

: North Main St.

: South Side Cash Store, still standing

: The ruins of Dr. Manning’s mill at Willowdale

: Warner Bridge, Mill Road

: The Ice House

: Footbridge from South Main to the Mill, circa 1900. Photo by Arthur Wesley Dow.

: The Choate Bridge, from the northeast riverbank. Many people remember the building on the right as Bill’s Store.

: Above the Mill dam. Photo courtesy of Bruce Lord

: The Choate Bridge, with the Caldwell Building on the left and the Ipswich Female Seminary beyond it.

: Just above the dam was Goodhue’s Boathouse, at the end of Peatfield St.

: “Little Venice” is the name Arthur Wesley Dow gave to the rear of houses and shops on South Main St.

: View of the County Street mills from the Cove at Poplar St. Photo by Edward L. Darling.

: The three churches, taken from Turkey Shore

: The Ipswich Mills

: The Choate Bridge. On the right is the building that was Emmie’s Bridal Shop.

: Ipswich Jail

: The Green St. Bridge is ahead, with the jail on the left, photo by Edward L. Darling

: Looking back from downriver. Photo by George Dexter.

: The Green St. Bridge

: Little Venice, by Arthur Wesley Dow.

: 19th Century mills at the County St. Bridge

: Parades were longer, and wouund throughout town.

: County St. and the two steeples circa 1860, before the Ascension Church was built. The identify of the building directly behind the Methodist Church is unknown. The former Episcopal parsonage is at that location now.

: The Green St. Bridge and the Howard House. Photo by George Dexter.

: County St. Bridge

: Green St. Bridge view from Water St. Photo by George Dexter.

: Clam shacks, with the earlier wooden Green St. Bridge in the background. Photo by Arthur Wesley Dow.

: Great Cove, view of the jail from Turkey Shore. Photo by George Dexter.

: County St. Bridge, photo by George Dexter, before 1900

: This house on Water St was just past the clam shacks. Photo by Arthur Wesley Dow.

: Ipswich River by George Dexter

: View of Water Street from the Green Street Bridge

: Clam shacks on Water St, low tide, by Arthur Wesley Dow.

: Clam shacks Water Street, Ipswich

: Clam shacks on Water St. at high tide. Photo by Arthur Wesley Dow.

: Glazier-Sweet house on Water St. Photo by Arthur Wesley Dow.

: Looking across to Summer St. from the little park on Turkey Shore. Photo by Edward L. Darling.

: Shucking clams on Turkey Shore. Glover’s and Brown’s Wharves are across the River. Photo by George Dexter.

: Water St.

: Coal schooner at Glover’s Wharf

: The Carlotta

: Wreck of the Ada K. Damon

: Clam boats before the Town Wharf was built, with East Street on the left, and Agawam Ave. in the background. Photo by George Dexter.

: Looking across to Turkey Shore, photo by George Dexter.

: Glover’s wharf and Brown’s Wharf

: Clam boats on Water St. with Glover’s Wharf in the background. Photo by Arthur Wesley Dow.

: View from across the River, photo by George Dexter.

: Rear of Market Street buildings, by Arthur Wesley Dow

: Heading out from the wharf, Ringbolt rock is on the right

: The lower part of Ipswich River from the Green Street Bridge.

: Photo of wharf beside Fred Cronin’s store, about 1935

: Ringbolt rock, boats and wharves

: Earliest photo of Little Neck

: Ipswich town wharf, beside Fred Cronin’s store, 1935

: “This was Brown’s Wharf. William G. Brown dealt in wood, coal, lime, sand and cement.

: View of Summer St. from Turkey Shore by George Dexter.

: the Town Wharf circa 1890, and the masts of a coal schooner unloading in front of Brown’s wharf and warehouse

: The Town Wharf circa 1930

: The lower wharf before 1870

: Water Street from Summer to Green Street was called “Clam Shell Alley.”

: Looking back at the Green Street Bridge and the jail from Turkey Shore. Photo by George Dexter.

: Agawam Ave., just beyond the Wharf

: River View Cash Market, 1935. Photo courtesy of Robert Cronin, who wrote his memories of his father’s store on the Town Wharf.

: Near the town wharf, 1930

: Little Neck, circa 1900

: Two girls standing on Ringbolt Rock

: Relaxing on Turkey Shore

: View from Steep Hill: Ipswich River and Plum Island Sound. Little Neck is upper left. Photo by George Dexter

: Schooner at the mouth of the Ipswich River.

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Linda Starling says:

January 30, 2016 at 5:43 pm

My mom was born in Ipswich 1921, so was her father, and me in 1946. Brockelbank is her maiden name. I love this site. She is now 94, living with me in Virginia, I would love photos or post cards to make her a memory book. Any ideas? thanks Linda Starling

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- Peggy says:
  
  August 24, 2016 at 9:31 am
  
  My mom’s family (Andrews) are from Ipswich. She also was born in 1921, in Beverly. She lives in Virginia with my sister. I am doing some research and ran across these pictures They are wonderful. She has “Choate” in her past, along with Burnham. And more of course. I am trying to find out where the American Indian came from.
  
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