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Bygone Ipswich: Photographs by early Ipswich photographers George Dexter, Arthur Wesley Dow and Edward Darling.

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.

Arthur Wesley Dow’s art school

Asa Lord’s store at Lords Square

Benjamin Ellsworth and the Ipswich lighthouse by George Dexter

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

Benjamin Ellsworth was lighthouse keeper for 50 years

The Agawam Hotel. Photo by George Dexter

Early aerial view of Ipswich

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

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

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

Baseball players, 1894 at what is now Bialek Park

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

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

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

Bella Vista, Little Neck by George Dexter

Agawam Inn before porches. Photo by George Dexter

Central Street fire of 1894

Richard Crane’s first Castle, which his wife hated

Ipswich Mills water-powered machinery

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

First Church when it was red

Central St. Armistice Day parade

The jail

Asa Lord’s store

Lighthouse and keepers house by George Dexter

The Dustbane factory by George Dexter

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

Burnham’s Store where Dunkin Donuts is now

Firemen at parade

Elm St and South St. Ipswich Savings Bank

Lords Square looking north on High St.

Dr. Manning’s windmill where the Pub is now

Castle Neck dunes, Arthur Wesley Dow

Daniels shoe shop on Summer St.

Grape Island, Arthur Wesley Dow

Denison School, Meeting House Green

High St. house still standing

Essex Bay from the Bluffs by George Dexter

Giles Firmin park by George Dexter

The northern end of Grape Island, photo by George Dexter, circa 1900 — Grape Island

Lathrop bros. Ice house

Grape Island or Ipswich Bluffs

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.

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

Camp in the dunes by George Dexter

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

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

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

Damon Building and Market St.

The Mill Rd. bridge

Green St. Bridge and the old Jail by George Dexter

Intersection of East and Cogswell Streets, Arthur Wesley Dow

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

Choate bridge by George Dexter

Choate Bridge

The Baker house, South Green by George Dexter

Asa Lord’s store

Hammatt St. billboard and Brown’s coal gas company

The Burke Heel factory, Depot Square

Ipswich churches from a distance, Arthur Wesley Dow

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

County St. sawmill

Ipswich Depot — Ipswich Depot and baggage house

Ipswich bluffs Hotel

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

Cogswell School, Payne St. by George Dexter

County St. bridge, Arthur Wesley Dow

Hammatt St.

Fox Creek bridge on Argilla Rd.

Castle Neck dunes, Arthur Wesley Dow

Lords Square Prime station, when it was Esso

Hammatt St. parking lot construction

Choate Bridge

Central Street by George Dexter

Ipswich River and the Jail by George Dexter

Little Neck by George Dexter

Unknown girl by George Dexter

Isinglass Mill, Ipswich MA

Central St. parade, students from Shatswell School

Green St. bridge and jail by George Dexter

Hart House by George Dexter

Mill Rd. bridge

Baseball, 1925

Market Square, photo by George Dexter

East St. house, after storm

Burley School

Ipswich River by George Dexter

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

High Street before the first bridge was built

Central St.

Clam photo hoax by George Dexter

Damon Block (2nd) at Depot Squrare

Dodge house on N. Main St.

Brown’s Mills

Ipswich Jail

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

Green St. bridge and Howard house

“Burdock Park” before the Tyler Building was constructed

Farmhouse and the First Church Steeple, Arthur Wesley Dow

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

Harold Bowen’s house, still standing

County St. sawmill

Market St.

Damon Bldg, second fire

Glover’s Wharf

“Bayview” by George Dexter

Little Venice, by the Mill by George Dexter

Fire pumper

County Street bridge

Central St., Measures Candy Store

Dodge house, N. Main St.

Daniel Hovey house

Georgetown-Ipswich trolley by George Dexter

Fire Dept. horse-drawn engines

Sally’s Pond, originally “Centennial Pond”

Caldwell Bldg, home of the Choate Bridge Pub

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

Crane’s landing by George Dexter

Little Neck Hotel

Clam certificate, photo by George Dexter

Charles Kimball house, North Main St.

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

Goulds Bridge, Arthur Wesley Dow

Hills Dept. store

High St. shop, still standing

Library with one wing added

Currier’s Garage, S. Main. St.

Crocker Snow, aviation pioneer

Goulds Bridge on Labor in Vain

Market Square, WWII junk collection

Lords Square, early hand-pulled fire truck

Greek Hotel on the corner of Saltonstall and Market Streets

Little Neck Store, courtesy of Bill George

Lightkeeper’s house

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

Quint’s Drug Store

Ipswich mill on County st. — County St. mill. Late 19th Century photo by Edward Darling

View from the pedestrian bridge, Arthur Wesley Dow

Howard House, Turkey Shore Rd.

Harry Maine’s house by George Dexter

Daisy Lane Clearners, in the EBSCO parking lot

Unknown Victorian house by George Dexter

Linebrook and Pineswamp before the Catholic Church

Lords Square Sunoco station became Dunkin Donuts

shipwreck at Steep Hill beach

Robinson’s boatyard, WWII

Manning School, Central St.

Lords Square lumber truck

Wharf, Samuel Goodhue’s store

Town Hill watchtower, WWII by George Dexter

Corner of Market and Union Streets

Shipwreck at Steep Hill by George Dexter

Sally Choate house where the war memorial is now

Ipswich Mills strike, 1913

High St. bridge, newly constructed

Waldingfield and Bay Rds, 1800’s

Open Trolley, summer

unnamed woman by George Dexter

Shipwreck by George Dexter

Green St. Bridge view from Water St.

Mill Rd. sawmill

First Church congregation, 1920

boat launch by George Dexter

Shipwreck, the Ada K. Damon

Linebrook School

Tricentennial parade

Tricentennial parade

Visitor Center, still standing

Mill strike, 1913

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

Tricentennial parade

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

Winthrop School

National Guard at Cable Hospital during the 1918 flu epidemic

Water St. Clam shacks, Arthur Wesley Dow

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

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

Pier at The Bluffs by George Dexter

Tricentennial parade

Hart House by George Dexter

High St. mansion, no longer standing

Mill Rd. bridge. Photo by George Dexter

Woolworths circa 1955

Market Square at the beginning of World War II

House at Gould’s Creek by George Dexter

Upper High St., still standing

Denison School at Meeting House Green by George Dexter

Payne School near the South Green

Ipswich Bluffs pier by George Dexter

Farmers and chickens by George Dexter

Market Street and Central Street 1894 fire

East S. Matthew Perkins house

Hayes Hotel

County Rd., The Columns after a storm

Photo by George Dexter — Russell’s Lunch, downtown Ipswich by George Dexter

Shanties on Water St., Arthur Wesley Dow

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

International Hotel, Depot Square

Sacred Heart Church closed

Power station, Upper High St.

The Payne School near the South Green in Ipswich — The Payne School near the South Green

Bay at Agawam Ave. by George Dexter

Saint Stanislaus Church on Washington Street

Market St. residences

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

Ross mansion on High St.

Plum Island Life Saving Station by George Dexter

Schooner at Brown’s Wharf

North Main St.

Above the Mill dam. Photo courtesy of Bruce Lord

Water St. Old dock, Arthur Wesley Dow

The Green St. Bridge

Little Venice, by Arthur Wesley Dow.

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.

Town Hill view of the steeples by George Dexter

Payne School buildings at Lords Square

Rowley Town hall by George Dexter. Photo by George Dexter

12 Water St., and dory, Arthur Wesley Dow

Unknown by George Dexter

Market Square

South Side Store

unknown house by George Dexter

Warner Bridge, Mill Road

Marguery Restaurant

Little Neck by George Dexter

The three churches, taken from Turkey Shore

Meeting House Green, buildings still standing

Manning’s mill at Willowdale

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

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

Water Street clam chacks

The Ice House

19th Century mills at the County St. Bridge

Town Farm

Town Hill view, snowstorm by George Dexter

Immanuel Baptist Church on Central St.

Sam Appleton’s farm house

Town Hill view of two steeples. Photo by George Dexter

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

Essex River by George Dexter

Ipswich power plant by George Dexter

Lathrop Brothers delivering ice

Little Neck Sea Serpent by George Dexter

Puritan reenactment at Tricentennial

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

The Choate Bridge in Ipswich, photo by George Dexter — Parades were longer, and wouund throughout town.

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

Salt marsh hay

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

South Side Cash Store, still standing

Town Hill view by George Dexter

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

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 Ipswich Mills

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

County St. Bridge

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

Water St.

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.

Unknown house by George Dexter

Earliest photo of Little Neck

Rear of Market Street buildings, by Arthur Wesley Dow

Market St., Bailey house, 1936

The Carlotta

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

Rogers Manse. Photo by George Dexter

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

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

Salt marsh hay by George Dexter

The Howard house on Turkey Shore Rd.

16 Elm St., now at the Smithsonian

Coal schooner at Glover’s Wharf

Water St. by George Dexter

Unknown, “The Standish” by George Dexter

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

Summer St. at Water St.

Ipswich Bluffs sundial

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

High St. house (maybe) by George Dexter

Emma Mitchell Safford

First Church (view from the rear) by George Dexter

Kings Rook/Stonehenge Club/ Carriage House Restaurant

S. Main, Currier’s Garage,

Little Neck by George Dexter

The Hayes Hotel on Depot Square

Essex Town hall

Lords Square looking north on High St.

Several generations of Mill Workers

Little Venice by George Dexter

Ipswich River and boats by George Dexter

Waite house. Photo by George Dexter

Hill’s Department Store after fire

South Main St. reunion of Civil War soldiers

East and Hovey Street intersection by George Dexter

East St. parade, 1950’s

Old Town hall

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

Spring St and East St., hay scales

First Church, immediately after the fire

Eastern Railroad, Ipswich MA — Eastern Railroad

High Street before it was leveled, by George Dexter

Water St. sketch by Arthur Wesley Dow by George Dexter

North Green woodcut 1839 by John Warner Barber

Marinis farm stand under construction

Ipswich River and steeples by George Dexter

Ipswich Female Seminary

South Congregational Church

South Church

The Moses Jewett house, 1800’s by George Dexter

Stone mill. Photo by George Dexter

Lords Square after the store was removed but before Prime

County St. woolen mill

Tricentennial parade at Tyler Bldg.

“The Howes” photo by George Dexter

Earlier pedestrian footbridge at the dam, Arthur Wesley Dow

two boys by George Dexter

Olympia Fruit Store by George Dexter

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

The Stone Mill

Great Cove view of County St. sawmill

Unknown staircase by George Dexter

Gould’s Bridge by George Dexter

Market St. house and store. Photo by George Dexter

Scouts and “Indians”. Photo by George Dexter

Mill strikers, 1913

Glover’s wharf and Brown’s Wharf

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

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

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

Relaxing on Turkey Shore

Looking across to Turkey Shore, photo by George Dexter.

Near the town wharf, 1930

Rogers Manse by George Dexter

Robinson’s Shipyard on Fox Creek

View from across the River, photo by George Dexter.

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

Agawam Ave., just beyond the Wharf

The Town Wharf circa 1930

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

Little Neck, circa 1900

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

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

Schooner at the mouth of the Ipswich River.

Hart House by George Dexter

Two girls standing on Ringbolt Rock

Tapleyville station, Danvers. Photo by George Dexter

Damon Bldg (original). fire

The lower wharf before 1870

Unknown house by George Dexter

Ringbolt rock, Arthur Wesley Dow

Ye Rogers Manse (House of Peace) by George Dexter

unknown First period living room by George Dexter

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

Grape Island by George Dexter

Old Lord house and trolley tracks by George Dexter

Tricentennial parade

Wharf store

Salt marsh hay by boat

Footbridge at the Mill

Water St. (Clam Shell Alley) Arthur Wesley Dow

Jones Block shops

Clamshell Alley at 12 Water St., Arthur Wesley Dow

Summer St. from Hovey’s Wharf by George Dexter

Joseph Fowler house, High St. by George Dexter

The Tyler building and trolley tracks, circa 1910.

The Strand opera house and theater

Lords Square fire truck

Wharf store and pier

South Main St.

Tricentennial parade

Methodist Church, Odd Fellows, and Wait house

Mill Strike

Ipswich River by George Dexter

boatyard by George Dexter

Water st.clam shacks. Photo by George Dexter

The wharf, Arthur Wesley Dow

Lords Square service station at Prime location

Grape Island

South Main St.

Grape Island

Ipswich River shuckers by George Dexter

Whipple house fireplace by George Dexter

The Depot

unknown street by George Dexter

View from Little Neck,by George Dexter

Lydia Dennis tombstone by George Dextere, Old North Burying Ground

Union St., Hurricane Carol

Hammatt St., Harris Oil

Unknown house by George Dexter

Unknown Victorian room by George Dexter

Mineral Street, by George Dexter

Methodist Church by George Dexter

Evergreen Cottages, Rt. 1

Emma Safford’s house across from Town Hall

Water St. boats on Ipswich River.

Unknown Victorian living room. Photo by George Dexter

Turkey Shore boats, Arthur Wesley Dow

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

Grape Island houses by George Dexter

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

South Main Carriage House restaurant and Sherborne Wilson house

Grape Island

Rogers Manse. Photo by George Dexter

Hapgood’s news on South Main

Mineral St., Caleb Lord house by George Dexter

Salt Marsh Hay by George Dexter

Richdales store, before

Trolleys at Market Square

Hammatt St.

Little Neck by George Dexter

Tyler’s Department Store

Ross Tavern on South Main St.

Fowler house, High St. by George Dexter

Measures Candy Store

Jeffreys Neck Rd., cows by George Dexter coming home

Tricentennial parade

The Whipple House being moved over the Choate Bridge

Green St. bridge and Howard house

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

Wharf at East and Cogswell, Arthur Wesley Dow

Pier 1, upper river by George Dexter

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

Whipple House First Period bedroom by George Dexter

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

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

Wreck of the Ada K. Damon

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

Ringbolt rock, boats and wharves

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

Clam shacks Water Street, Ipswich

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

Market St. early photo of a parade

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

View of Water Street from the Green Street Bridge

Wharf view by George Dexter

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

Melanson’s boatyard

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

Many of the Polish and Greek immigrants who arrived in Ipswich to work in the mills are buried at the Highland Annex Cemetery. This photo is from the 1913 Ipswich Mills Strike — Mill strike 1913 by George Dexter

Pavilion Beach, Helen’s

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