12 21 3400 https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/b6490319c5163bf4b62d97209c6e4e18.jpg 2f247f55047930a33ad55013b74152eb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Henry Clay Barnabee Collection Subject The topic of the resource Henry Clay Barnabee Description An account of the resource Henry Clay Barnabee was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1833, the son of a stage-driver turned innkeeper in Portsmouth. At the age of twenty, Barnabee moved to Boston, where he worked in the dry goods business while also pursuing acting and amateur singing. In 1859, he married Clara George of Portsmouth in Warner, New Hampshire, where her family originated. They made their home in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. In 1865, Barnabee made his formal performance debut and began touring New England with a concert troupe. In 1878, he joined the Boston Ideals, a group formed to present Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta, H.M.S Pinafore, though the Ideals would go on to perform other operettas. Barnabee and two other actors from the Boston Ideals formed the Bostonians in 1887. The latter group toured widely, making a number of transcontinental trips, until it finally disbanded in 1904. Its mainstay production was Smith and DeKoven’s comic opera, Robin Hood, in which Barnabee played the role of the Sheriff of Nottingham. Clara George Barnabee died in 1906, the year in which Barnabee’s career essentially ended. Henry Clay Barnabee published his autobiography, My Wanderings, in 1913 and died in 1917. According to the Library Trustee Meeting Minutes Volume, Dec. 1883 – Oct. 1939, page 62, meeting of September 24, 1907, the Henry Clay Barnabee Collection was offered to Portsmouth Public Library in September of 1907 by Barnabee himself. The Library Trustees accepted the gift and were to confer with Barnabee about his wishes for the collection. An article in the States and Union newspaper, September 9, 1909, leads one to wonder when the collection actually physically arrived at the Library. Plans were being made at that time to house the collection in a special room described in great detail in the article. Barnabee was working on an exhibition to be mounted in the Library in 1909. It is unclear from available materials if that exhibition ever materialized or if the collection was even on site at that time. The original collection was assembled between 1866 and 1906 by Henry Clay Barnabee and his wife, Clara George Barnabee. Some of the collection was reportedly transferred to the Lamb Club in New York City according to Hannah Fernald in 1943, as quoted in the Portsmouth Herald April 23, 1943. The current collection consists of approximately 10 linear feet of materials, including scrapbooks, photograph albums, loose photographs, musical scores, and books, as well as a small number of other loose items such as a large daguerreotype of a child (probably Barnabee) and two framed watercolors of Barnabee in costume. Most of the material dates from 1866-1906. There are a few items before and after that range, most notably the program from a testimonial held in Barnabee’s honor in Boston during March of 1907. It is arranged in eight series, outlined in a series-level finding aid. The collection was arranged by Woodard D. Openo, an Archives student in the Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the time, in the fall of 1995. Library staff and Simmons College interns have been working on a detailed finding aid since spring of 2010. During the spring of 2014, the New England Archivists Community Outreach Project spent time indexing and scanning parts of the Barnabee collection. In 2018, funds from the Rosamond Thaxter Foundation were procured for the specific use of cleaning and rehousing items from Box Series II B. 1-9 and Box VII Libretto Series. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The collection was assembled by Henry Clay Barnabee and his wife, Clara George Barnabee between 1866 and 1906. It was donated to the Portsmouth Public Library between 1907 and 1909 by Henry Clay Barnabee, himself. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Donated to the Portsmouth Public Library between 1907 and 1909. Collection arranged, 1995. Finding aid created, 2010. Collection partially indexed and scanned, 2014. Grant funds procured for a collection-level assessment by the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC), 2015. Grant funds procured for the cleaning and re-housing of the collection, 2018. Digital collection created in OMEKA, 2019. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Collected by Henry Clay Barnabee and Clara George Barnabee. Arranged by Woodard D. Openo, 1995. Digitized by Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Jessica Ross, Alexa Moore with assistance from Portsmouth Public Library volunteers and the New England Archivists Community Outreach Program, 2010-2017. Omeka addition and metadata by Katie Czajkowski. Poleena Vassiliev, and Robyn Nielsen. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction. Relation A related resource This is a small part of a larger collection. Other items from the collection may be viewed by contacting Special Collections at the Portsmouth Public Library. Note that viewing of the physical collection is at the discretion of the Library staff. Some pieces of the collection may be deemed too fragile for in-person viewing. Additional parts of the collection will be scanned and added to the digital archive at a later time. Vertical Files in the Special Collections Room contain historical information about Henry Clay Barnabee. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files. Type The nature or genre of the resource The Henry Clay Barnabee Collection is comprised of scrapbooks, albums, photographs, musical scores, books, a daguerreotype, and watercolors. Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Put whatever you want in here. --title::Henry Clay Barnabee Collection --text::The collection was assembled by Henry Clay Barnabee and his wife, Clara George Barnabee between 1866 and 1906. It was donated to the Portsmouth Public Library between 1907 and 1909 by Henry Clay Barnabee, himself. --images::2125,2120 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portrait of Josephine Bartlett as Lady Allcash by Elmer Chickering, Boston, 1890 Subject The topic of the resource Perry, Josephine Bartlett (1859–1910) Studio portraits Single-sitter portraits Description An account of the resource Black and white portrait of Josephine Bartlett in costume as Lady Allcash from Fra Diavolo. Mat reads, "Photo by / Elmer Chickering, / Miss Josephine Bartlett, ' Bostonians.'" Handwritten on back of image: "To Mr Barnabee with best wishes / from / Josephine Bartlett. / Jan 26th/90 / as "Lady Allcash' in 'Fra Diavolo.'" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chickering, Elmer (1857–1915) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Henry Clay Barnabee Collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1890-01-26 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Jpg derived from Tif Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource StillImage Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PPL2017IIPhotoB_4_4 1890 19th Century Black and White Boston Bostonians Costume Elmer Chickering Fra Diavolo Josephine Bartlett Lady Allcash Portrait https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/51711e95cce7e06738d30e735c235f21.jpg 2f7a1e7667eea186cfd56074d1a1d089 https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/a4c40587e483a3137bd994dffbe75323.jpg 34a95af40abffa1e86483d77c0b89932 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Louis J. Mackles Postcard Subject The topic of the resource Postcards of Buildings and Scenes of Portsmouth and other Seacoast Locations Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Louis J. Mackles was the collector of these postcards. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis J. Mackles collected postcards depicting a variety of locations. The large collection was divided up by vicinity by the donor and deposited in locally appropriate collections. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by Ross Moldoff and family, May 2015. Digitized, Spring 2016. Collection rehoused, Spring 2016 Digital Collection created in OMEKA, June 2016. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Collected by Louis J. Mackles. Digitized by Jessica Ross, Volunteer assistance from Wynn Welch, Spring 2016. Omeka addition and metadata by Jessica Ross. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction. Relation A related resource This is a small part of a larger collection. Other parts of the collection may be found in.... Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files. Type The nature or genre of the resource This collection of 400+ postcards are a mixture of U.S. printed, and foreign printed standards postcards. They were created for tourist/commercial reasons, but capture interesting historic views of the Portsmouth and Seacoast area. If written on and mailed, they serve an additional layer of historical importance to family historians and genealogists. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Portsmouth and the Seacoast, NH. Description An account of the resource This collection of 400+ postcards, depicting buildings and scenes of Portsmouth and the Seacoast area, was donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by the family of Louis J. Mackles in May of 2015. It was given specifically by Ross A. Moldoff, Gloria F. Moldoff and Harold Moldoff, who felt the collection should be made available for study and enjoyment. The rehousing of the physical collection into archival albums was made possible by the Moldoffs as well. Mr. Mackles collected postcards throughout his life. This collection, only a small portion of a much larger number, left behind for family and friends to enjoy, is an interesting historic journey through the Seacoast. Some buildings depicted are long gone while multiple postcards of the same building show the progression of time. Postcards (aka "post cards") became popular at the turn of the 20th Century, after being introduced to the U.S. during the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893. Used primarily for sending short messages to friends and relatives, people collected them immediately as mementos of a trip or journey, historical events, holidays, etc. They were sold to tourists and often advertised local businesses. Individuals created real photograph postcards to send home to relatives when travelling abroad as well. Immigrants to the U.S. often had photos taken when they arrived at their destination to send home to their native countries. DELTIOLOGY is the hobby of collecting postcards according to Merriam-Webster, but more broadly it is considered the collection, study, and preservation of picture postcards for fun, recreation, relaxation, and enjoyment – and for the historical preservation of life in years past [As described by the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors http://www.aape.org/collectingpicturepostcardsver17jul.asp]. The Mackles collection was primarily published in the U.S. and Germany and contains many different types of postcards. The standard photo cards, printed and colored or tinted cards, several fold-out strips which became popular in the 1950’s, as well as miniature postcards. Major Louis J. Mackles, USAR (Born in Brownsville, Texas, October 4, 1923. Died at Pease Air Force Base, September 6, 1987) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Excerpted from obituary in the Portsmouth Herald, September 8, 1987: ‘…Maj. Mackles attended A&M and UNH, receiving a master’s degree with high honors in chemical engineering. He served in the Philippines during World War II, retiring as a major in the U.S. Army Reserves. He was the recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He retired after 30 years as head of the Radiation Control branch of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard working with Adm. Rickover. Maj. Mackles was a consultant for L.P.I. Engineering in Dover until April 1987. He was a member of Temple Israel, NARFE, Wentworth and Pease Golf Club, the National Association of Technical Supervisors and the Registered Maine State Board of Professional Engineers…’ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ His family kindly provided a copy of the eulogy given in his honor, transcribed as follows: Eulogy for Louis Mackles – Label ben Yudel U’Miriam – d. 9/6/87: 12 Elul We are gathered here today to mourn the passing of Louis Mackles, Label ben Yudel u Miriam, and to speak about his life. Lou, as everyone called him, was born October 4, 1923, the second of two sons, to Idel and Mary Mackles, in Brownsville, TX, and grew up in Galveston, TX. As a young man, he attended Texas A & M for two years. In 1942, when the U.S. entered WWII, he enlisted in the Army. After achieving the rank of Corporal, he was sent to Officers Candidates School in New England. In 1944, before being sent overseas, Lou and his fellow Jewish soldiers attended services at Temple Israel of Portsmouth. Then Rabbi Oscar Fleishaker had urged his congregant families to welcome the Jewish soldiers, and so it was that Lou met Charlotte, the girl he was to marry. Lou was commissioned a second Lt. and sent to the Philippines. During an enemy attack, Lou Mackles, despite being wounded himself, saved the life of a wounded comrade, and refused to leave his men. In addition to his wounds, he developed pneumonia from exposure and might have died, had friendly natives not taken him to an Army field hospital – a three-day journey on foot. Army doctors saved his life. Lou was awarded a Bronze Star for bravery under fire. He also gained a lifelong respect and love for the Army, and it was his wish, in the last days of his life, to be treated in a military hospital, this time at Pease Air Force Base. Following the war, Lou served in the Army Reserves, finally retiring with the rank of Major. After his discharge at the war’s end, Lou married Charlotte in Boston on Jan.1, 1946. He then attended the University of NH, attaining his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering, becoming a professional engineer licensed in both NH and Maine. Son Glenn was born during this period. Then followed a 3-year stint in Wash., DC, where Lou worked for the Bureau of Standards. Thereafter, the family settled permanently in Portsmouth, where daughter Linda was born. Lou took a job at the Navy Yard, where he spent approximately 35 years, working his way up to head of the Radiation Division, building nuclear submarines. Lou was part of the team that produced the Albacore, among other submarines, he served under the legendary Adm. Hyman Rickover. During his years at the yard, he was honored by being asked to present a gold plate to the sponsor of a nuclear sub – which Navy Yard personnel regarded as the highest honor attainable. But more importantly, Lou was well-respected and liked greatly by his colleagues at work, many of whom stayed in touch over the years. It is symbolic of how well-liked he was that old service buddies and friends from work would stay in touch. When Lou became ill, friends would often call the family to find out how he was doing. About 10 years ago, Lou retired from the Yard and worked as a consultant for a private engineering firm in Dover. What sort of man was Lou Mackles? Though I myself arrived in Portsmouth only during the last months of his life, I have the testimony of those who knew and loved him. His family and friends can testify that he was a quiet, soft-spoken man who never said an unkind word about anyone else. I can tell you that he loved children, and was happy to serve as Scoutmaster in a boy scout troop when his children were young. But is more of an eloquent tribute to his memory that, when the little boy who lived across the way from the Mackles was told of Lou’s death, he burst into tears. Lou worked hard, often putting in 18-hours days at the Yard, but he was devoted to his family as well. He was proud of his children’s accomplishments, and loved them unquestioningly. He was also especially close to his nieces and nephews, and was godfather to many of them. As for hobbies, Lou was especially good with his hands. He enjoyed gardening, photography, furniture finishing, and working around the house. He himself did much of the work on the home which he and Charlotte built on Moebus Drive. Golf was a great love, as well. But Lou’s sense of involvement went beyond job, family and hobbies. Having been raised in a traditional family, he retained a strong respect for Judaism, leading him to become an active member of Temple Israel. He served on the Religious Committee, volunteered as an usher on the High Holidays, and helped run the bingo program. Even when he became ill, he refused to take his medicine on Yom Kippur, preferring to fast completely. When, 6 years ago, Lou discovered he had cancer, he determined to fight it. Recalling his WWII bout with combat wounds and pneumonia, he said, “I was supposed to be a goner in the Philippines, but God gave me 40 more good years.” He fought with courage and determination that serve as an example to us all. Lou was a quiet man who never complained, who did not wish to be a burden on anyone. But he was a fighter to the end, a self-made man who loved life, who loved people, who made every minute count of the years he was given. His memory will be cherished by all who knew him. Our religion speaks of the resurrection of the righteous dead. It is one of the most fundamental beliefs of our faith, but one of the most difficult to comprehend. I myself believe that our resurrection depends, not only upon the grade of God, but on the memories we leave our friends and loved ones. Anyone who touched as many lives as did Lou Mackles will surely merit resurrection and eternal life. He will be deeply missed. __________________________________________________________________________________________ This collection was digitized by Jessica Ross with volunteer help by Wynn Welch, Spring/Summer 2016. Please see below for copyright information. Please contact the Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Room, if you have any questions. 603-766-1720. Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Put whatever you want in here. --title::Mackles Postcard Collection --text::This collection of 400+ postcards, depicting buildings and scenes of Portsmouth and the Seacoast area, was donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by the family of Louis J. Mackles in May of 2015 --images::975,1367 Postcard PPL Acc. # 2015.1-419 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gov. Benning Wentworth Mansion Subject The topic of the resource Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion, 375 Little Harbor Rd., Portsmouth, NH Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chisholm Bros., Portland, ME Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis J. Mackles Collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Relation A related resource Additional portions of the Louis J. Mackles Collection may be housed at the Rye Historical Society, the New Castle Historical Society, the Portsmouth Navy Yard and with a single, private collector. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG derived from TFF Type The nature or genre of the resource Paper postcard Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Volume 2, Portsmouth Historic Houses #219-220 Gov. Benning Wentworth history Little Harbor Rd. local history Mackles Collection Portsmouth postcard Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/cdcb63b515be84215fc95df8614ff501.jpg 349e785e556eca3f8b36cacdc84ac7ea https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/7a078946e834eacdce298a1f20d4fb48.jpg 1db6f3e5319f2c70d6555379a8a1b5ed Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Henry Clay Barnabee Collection Subject The topic of the resource Henry Clay Barnabee Description An account of the resource Henry Clay Barnabee was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1833, the son of a stage-driver turned innkeeper in Portsmouth. At the age of twenty, Barnabee moved to Boston, where he worked in the dry goods business while also pursuing acting and amateur singing. In 1859, he married Clara George of Portsmouth in Warner, New Hampshire, where her family originated. They made their home in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. In 1865, Barnabee made his formal performance debut and began touring New England with a concert troupe. In 1878, he joined the Boston Ideals, a group formed to present Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta, H.M.S Pinafore, though the Ideals would go on to perform other operettas. Barnabee and two other actors from the Boston Ideals formed the Bostonians in 1887. The latter group toured widely, making a number of transcontinental trips, until it finally disbanded in 1904. Its mainstay production was Smith and DeKoven’s comic opera, Robin Hood, in which Barnabee played the role of the Sheriff of Nottingham. Clara George Barnabee died in 1906, the year in which Barnabee’s career essentially ended. Henry Clay Barnabee published his autobiography, My Wanderings, in 1913 and died in 1917. According to the Library Trustee Meeting Minutes Volume, Dec. 1883 – Oct. 1939, page 62, meeting of September 24, 1907, the Henry Clay Barnabee Collection was offered to Portsmouth Public Library in September of 1907 by Barnabee himself. The Library Trustees accepted the gift and were to confer with Barnabee about his wishes for the collection. An article in the States and Union newspaper, September 9, 1909, leads one to wonder when the collection actually physically arrived at the Library. Plans were being made at that time to house the collection in a special room described in great detail in the article. Barnabee was working on an exhibition to be mounted in the Library in 1909. It is unclear from available materials if that exhibition ever materialized or if the collection was even on site at that time. The original collection was assembled between 1866 and 1906 by Henry Clay Barnabee and his wife, Clara George Barnabee. Some of the collection was reportedly transferred to the Lamb Club in New York City according to Hannah Fernald in 1943, as quoted in the Portsmouth Herald April 23, 1943. The current collection consists of approximately 10 linear feet of materials, including scrapbooks, photograph albums, loose photographs, musical scores, and books, as well as a small number of other loose items such as a large daguerreotype of a child (probably Barnabee) and two framed watercolors of Barnabee in costume. Most of the material dates from 1866-1906. There are a few items before and after that range, most notably the program from a testimonial held in Barnabee’s honor in Boston during March of 1907. It is arranged in eight series, outlined in a series-level finding aid. The collection was arranged by Woodard D. Openo, an Archives student in the Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the time, in the fall of 1995. Library staff and Simmons College interns have been working on a detailed finding aid since spring of 2010. During the spring of 2014, the New England Archivists Community Outreach Project spent time indexing and scanning parts of the Barnabee collection. In 2018, funds from the Rosamond Thaxter Foundation were procured for the specific use of cleaning and rehousing items from Box Series II B. 1-9 and Box VII Libretto Series. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The collection was assembled by Henry Clay Barnabee and his wife, Clara George Barnabee between 1866 and 1906. It was donated to the Portsmouth Public Library between 1907 and 1909 by Henry Clay Barnabee, himself. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Donated to the Portsmouth Public Library between 1907 and 1909. Collection arranged, 1995. Finding aid created, 2010. Collection partially indexed and scanned, 2014. Grant funds procured for a collection-level assessment by the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC), 2015. Grant funds procured for the cleaning and re-housing of the collection, 2018. Digital collection created in OMEKA, 2019. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Collected by Henry Clay Barnabee and Clara George Barnabee. Arranged by Woodard D. Openo, 1995. Digitized by Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Jessica Ross, Alexa Moore with assistance from Portsmouth Public Library volunteers and the New England Archivists Community Outreach Program, 2010-2017. Omeka addition and metadata by Katie Czajkowski. Poleena Vassiliev, and Robyn Nielsen. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction. Relation A related resource This is a small part of a larger collection. Other items from the collection may be viewed by contacting Special Collections at the Portsmouth Public Library. Note that viewing of the physical collection is at the discretion of the Library staff. Some pieces of the collection may be deemed too fragile for in-person viewing. Additional parts of the collection will be scanned and added to the digital archive at a later time. Vertical Files in the Special Collections Room contain historical information about Henry Clay Barnabee. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files. Type The nature or genre of the resource The Henry Clay Barnabee Collection is comprised of scrapbooks, albums, photographs, musical scores, books, a daguerreotype, and watercolors. Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Put whatever you want in here. --title::Henry Clay Barnabee Collection --text::The collection was assembled by Henry Clay Barnabee and his wife, Clara George Barnabee between 1866 and 1906. It was donated to the Portsmouth Public Library between 1907 and 1909 by Henry Clay Barnabee, himself. --images::2125,2120 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Harbor View, Bar Harbor, Maine Subject The topic of the resource Bar Harbor (Me.) Description An account of the resource A colorized photographic postcard of a harbor with a dozen sailboats. Text on the front reads "Bar Harbor, Me. Harbor View." A handwritten note on the front reads "August 10th. Now what do you think of this? Isn't that pretty [illegible]? The only regret is that you cannot see us in all our splendor. Love to you all from [illegible] Roselee." The postcard is addressed to Henry Clay Barnabee, Esq., Innisfail, Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard, Mass. and is postmarked from Bar Harbor, Me. on August 12, 1905. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chisholm Brothers Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Henry Clay Barnabee Collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1905 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG derived from TIF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource StillImage Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PPL-MS: 1995.1.IX.092 https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/2c51124e27092e94685ebd2b22b2cb66.pdf bcba5f4ac71f021d4285b0269865d13d PDF Text Text Cold War Portsmouth – A Snapshot of Life in the 1950s Market Square as it appeared in the early ‘50s 2020 This photo reference book was created through an agreement between the NH State Historic Preservation Office and the City of Portsmouth as a result of the Paul A. Doble Army Reserve Center federal property transfer to the City for the City’s adaptive reuse as the Portsmouth Senior Activity Center. This effort was funded and managed by the City of Portsmouth’s Community Development Department (Community Development Block Grant) in partnership with the NH Division of Historic Resources. �Portsmouth NH Enters the Cold War What Happened? ..................................................................................... 2 Where Did We Work? ............................................................................ 5 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Pease Air Force Base, Jobs and Professions, Industries, Portsmouth Harbor Waterfront And What Did We Do? ......................................................................... 14 Military Jobs, Military Service, US Army Reserves, National Guard, Ground Observer Corps, Public Safety Jobs, Downtown Businesses Who Were We? ....................................................................................... 19 Where Did We Live? ............................................................................. 21 Neighborhoods, Suburban Subdivisions, Portsmouth Housing Authority, Base Housing Where Did We Learn? ........................................................................... 29 How Did We Worship? ......................................................................... 32 Where Did We Shop? ............................................................................ 33 What Did We Do For Fun? ................................................................... 37 Dining Out, Recreation, Movies, Home Entertainment How Did We Get There?....................................................................... 48 Private Transportation: Highways, Cars – What Did We Drive?, Public Transportation, Parking, Tourism and Roadside Businesses Urban Renewal – What Did We Save and What Did We Lose? ..... 57 Aerial view from a postcard mailed in 1956 (Portsmouth Public Library postcard collection) Puddle Dock to Strawbery Banke, Phase II - The North End What Happened Next?.......................................................................... 61 Timeline................................................................................................... 63 Bibliography ........................................................................................... 66 © 2020, Materials prepared by Preservation Company for the City of Portsmouth, All rights reserved by the City of Portsmouth. ��What Happened? Portsmouth as we know it today came into being during the Cold War, a forty-year period of international tension and threat of nuclear war. The 1950s were a time of rapid change and growth as the Seacoast Region was transformed by military expansion. Pease Air Force Base was built to house bomber jets capable of delivering nuclear bombs to the Soviet Union, and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard transitioned to production of nuclear powered, fully submersible submarines. 1956 USGS map shows newly built highways and housing developments, with the new Air Force base left blank for reasons of national security Between 1950 and 1960, Portsmouth’s population increased by about 8,600 people to reach 26,900, which was larger than the current population of around 22,000. This era saw the birth of the “Baby Boomers” when World War II veterans had growing families. Transportation, mobility, and popular culture were transformed, and the vintage style now known as “Mid-century Modern” was new. Housing developments of colonial capes and ranch houses were built at the outer edges of the city. Highways bypassed the downtown to move increasing number of automobiles on the roads. Businesses flourished and began to move out of town as well. Page 2 �The Cold War was a state of political hostility between the U.S. and its Western allies and the U.S.S.R. and Soviet bloc countries, involving threats, propaganda, economic sanctions, and other measures short of open warfare. It began after WWII in the late 1940s and continued until the dissolution of the Soviet Union around 1990. The United States adopted a policy of containment and pledged assistance to any nation threatened by communism. The nuclear bomb, first deployed by the US against Japan in 1945, became the focus of the Arms Race. After the Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb in August 1949, both sides sought increasingly powerful weapons. National Security relied on air power and nuclear bombs for a threat of massive retaliation to deter the Soviet Union from using its own weapons. Although both sides did all they could to avoid an actual direct or “hot war” between them, for a time it seemed like the question was not if a real nuclear war would happen, but when. Page 3 As it had in World War II, when 32 submarines were launched in a single year, the Portsmouth area played a key role in national defense during the Cold War. The Air Force was key to delivering the bombs during this period before the Navy had nuclear missile carrying subs, and military strategy relied on air bases spread throughout the country. In 1951, plans for a base in Portsmouth were announced. News of Communist threat stops passersby in front of the Herald office The 300-acre local airport had been on Congress Street (Portsmouth Athenaeum) used as a military air base since World War II, and was surrounded by large tracts of sparsely populated, flat, open farmland near the Portsmouth and Newington line. The location was ideal because it had access by road, rail, and water. The Portsmouth air base was activated January 1, 1956, bringing Portsmouth a sharp rise in population and a shift in demographics. �Much has been written about Portsmouth during the Cold War and the role of its military bases. There is almost limitless historical information for research in the many published local histories and articles about Portsmouth, city directories, newspapers, pamphlets and magazines, school yearbooks and city annual reports, to name some of the sources that can be found online and in local libraries. Historic photographs and postcards illustrate the period. The Portsmouth Public Library, Strawbery Banke Museum, and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Historical Foundation have collections, and the Portsmouth Athenaeum has thousands of images by professional photographer Douglas Armsden and others. Some lifelong Portsmouth residents can still recall what life was like then. This snapshot of Portsmouth as it entered the Cold War in the 1950s attempts to capture the way we were and how things changed. “The coming of the Air Force Base was one of the most important events in recent history of Portsmouth because it changed everything so dramatically.” ~Sherm Pridham, longtime Portsmouth resident and Public Library director Graphic from the 1956 City of Portsmouth Annual Report The opening ceremonies on June 30, 1956 drew quite a crowd (National Archives) Page 4 �Where Did We Work? The US government was by far the largest employer in the region. By the late 1950s the Naval Shipyard and Air Force base each “Ten years after the war, Portsmouth was still a sub town, still a employed upwards of 7,000 people, both military personnel and Navy town, still a blue-collar town.” –Ted Connors, longtime civilians. Other businesses grew to meet demands of the expanding resident and Portsmouth mayor, 1964-67 population. Pay was not much different from today when adjusted for inflation. The federal minimum wage increased from 75¢ an hour to $1, worth about $8.50 in today’s dollars. Changes in the economy and the make-up of the population meant that the median family income in Portsmouth nearly doubled in one decade, from just under $2,200 a year (now worth about $20,000), which was below the national average, to over $5,700 ($49,000), which was just above average for the time. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard The shipyard was the largest single industry north of Boston at the end of World War II in 1945. Tens of thousands of people relied on it for a paycheck. Some families had three generations working at the yard, and many were “lifers.” Local and state businesspeople and politicians went to Washington, DC and successfully lobbied to keep the shipyard open after it was threatened with closure at the end of the war. Working in the Shipyard offices in 1951 (The Portsmouth Periscope, courtesy of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Historical Foundation) Page 5 Crane work at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard illustrated in The Portsmouth Periscope, 1951 (Courtesy of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Historical Foundation) �During the 1950s, the naval shipyard employed between 7,000-10,000 people depending on government contracts. Roughly half of them were from New Hampshire, including Portsmouth and surrounding towns. The rest lived in the Kittery area or commuted from Massachusetts. All stages of design and construction were done on base from start to finish. Jobs included engineer, draftsman, patternmaker, electrician, welder, pipe fitter, coppersmith, shipfitter, rigger, caulker, machinist, fireman, painter, and clerk. Women worked mainly in the shipyard offices. The submarine fleet was near full capacity after wartime build-up, so the focus shifted to service and repairs. One or two new subs were completed each year until the 1960s. The USS Albacore submarine, launched into the Piscataqua in 1953, is a well-known Portsmouth landmark now on dry land and open to the public as a museum. The Albacore was a prototype for modern submarines, with its cylindrical, teardrop-shaped hull, and was the first fully submersible sub, capable of operating entirely underwater. Construction took nearly three years and cost $20 million. 1955 and 1956 saw the completion of the Sailfish and the Salmon submarines. Both were conventionally powered submarines that ran on diesel fuel when on the surface and battery-powered electric motors when submerged. Longer distances under water were made possible by the advent of nuclear power in the 1950s. The first nuclear submarine built at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard was the Swordfish, launched in 1958. It was followed by the Seadragon, and, in 1960, the Thresher that became famous when it tragically sank during a test-dive three years later. When vessels were at the yard for repairs, their crews were on base in Kittery sometimes for months at a time, so sailors on shore leave were a common sight in downtown Portsmouth. “In uniform you was catered to and you was treated like gold.” “Downtown was loaded on a Friday and Saturday night with military.” ~Harold Whitehouse, Jr., Navy veteran and shipyard worker Shipyard work in 1957 (The Portsmouth Periscope, courtesy of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Historical Foundation) Page 6 �The Portsmouth Periscope spread for Armed Forces Day 1950 (Courtesy of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Historical Foundation) Page 7 �Pease Air Force Base Construction of the air base required a vast amount of resources. The campus itself encompassed 1,577 acres in Portsmouth and 2,680 acres in Newington. Land acquisition and the relocation of eighty families began in 1952. There was local controversy over the project; Newington residents were generally against it, but Portsmouth was more in favor because only about a half-dozen homes were lost, and the government built a new country club to replace the golf course it took over. The official groundbreaking took place on July 3, 1954 and the Strategic Air Command (SAC) base was activated two years later. In 1957, Pease Air Force Base was named for New Hampshire airman Captain Harl Pease, Jr., who died in World War II and received a posthumous Congressional Medal of Honor. Map of Pease Air Force Base (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Contractors and laborers from throughout the region worked on the project, beginning with clearing and site work in 1952. The Army Corps of Engineers oversaw construction, and five different architectural firms were involved in designs. By the end of 1955, the base was functionally complete with shops, communications and administration buildings, dormitories and officers’ quarters, a sewage treatment plant, warehouses and a fire and crash station. Family housing and other services were added over the next several years. The runway at Pease covered 900 acres and was three miles long, straddling the Newington-Portsmouth line (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Page 8 �Today, most of the old buildings have been replaced by the Pease Development Authority, but the hanger, runway, taxiways and aprons of Pease International Airport and the interconnecting streets remain, as well as the Air National Guard facility. Rising above them, the landmark water tower dates from 1957. Work force at Pease included both civilian and enlisted personnel (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) 1954 Groundbreaking - Souvenir Program (Courtesy of Portsmouth Public Library) Military Police and press at the opening ceremony in 1956 (National Archives) Page 9 �A total of 1,050 officers, 5,650 enlisted personnel, and about 300 civilian employees worked at Pease by the end of the decade. A combat-ready force capable of long-range bombardment and nuclear strikes was the first line in the strategic nuclear deterrent. The jet bombers based at Pease were Boeing B-47 Stratojets, long-range strategic bombers capable of flying at high speed and altitude, with a four-man crew. There were some twenty-eight wings of B-47 bombers on bases spread out across the country. The 100th Bombardment Wing stationed in Portsmouth was initially comprised of three squadrons of fifteen aircraft each, a tactical hospital, and six support squadrons. The 100th Refueling Squadron had eighteen Boeing K-97 Stratojet tankers. In 1958, the 509th 100th patch 509th patch Bombardment Wing, which had been formed in 1944 with the mission of dropping the Atomic bomb on Japan, was transferred to Pease from New Mexico. This brought the total aircraft on the base to 125. In 1959 each wing gained a fourth squadron, and Pease was home to ninety B-47 bombers and forty tanker aircraft. The mission was to perform global strategic bombardment training and refueling missions. One third of the aircraft were on alert at any one time, fueled and armed. The squadrons never saw combat, but there were casualties in several crashes during training. The impact was felt all the way downtown when a jet crashed on takeoff killing four men one April night in 1958. Servicing a K-97 Stratotanker (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) The front gate of Pease Air Force Base now the entrance to the Pease Tradeport was guarded 24/7 (1957 City Annual Report) Page 10 �Jobs and Professions City directories recorded the employment of every working Portsmouth resident and show that outside the military bases, people worked at a full range of jobs in the community. As of 1950, nearly all people worked locally, and local positions were held by residents. Few people commuted farther than the shipyard in Kittery, though some drove to factories in places like Dover and Exeter or to the University of New Hampshire in Durham. Transportation jobs included highway patrolman, toll collector, car dealer, gas station attendant, mechanic, truck driver, bus driver, cab driver and highway worker, as well as railroad worker and conductor. Builders, architects, carpenters, electricians, plumbers, and painters were local all lived in town. Downtown businesses employed storekeepers and clerks, grocers, bakers, butchers, fish and lobster dealers and restaurant cooks. According to directory listings the doctors, dentists, pharmacists, insurance agents and even the local radio announcers were local. The population census reported as many as a quarter of married women worked outside the home, as nurse, bookkeeper, waitress, teacher, bank teller, librarian, stenographer, telephone operator, store clerk or shoe factory worker. Of the thirty or so physicians listed in the city directory in the 1950s, only one was a woman. Many local teenagers had afternoon and weekend jobs as soon as they were old enough. The wartime practice of ending the high school day at 1:00 pm continued for some time. Page 11 When milk and dairy products were home delivered, Badger Farms had hundreds of milk trucks and routes throughout the region. The Portsmouth creamery was on Bow Street across from the Seacoast Repertory Theatre (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) �Industries Factories had always been located along the railroad corridor and Islington Street, and it wasn’t until the mid-1960s that businesses relocated to new industrial parks on the outskirts of town, such as along Banfield Road. The railroad tracks south of the North Mill Pond were the site of lumberyards, freight houses, and the Portsmouth Foundry. As the Morley Company transitioned to new products, sections of the Button Factory on Islington Street were sold off for new uses. The New Hampshire Technical Institute, founded as a post-war training program for veterans, was located there for a time. (1964 City Annual Report) The Continental Shoe factory where many residents worked is now a brick storage building on the corner of McDonough and Cabot streets. One of the first businesses in the Lafayette Road/Banfield Road area was the gravel pit of the Iafolla Construction Company on Peverly Hill Road (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) The Frank Jones Brewery, much reduced in size, shut down in 1950, and the old buildings became warehouses and garages. They have just recently been rehabilitated into apartments, shops and restaurants on Brewery Lane. Page 12 �Portsmouth Harbor The Piscataqua shoreline has been an active port since the seventeenth century. Walker’s coal wharf stood at the northern edge of Prescott Park near Memorial Bridge and remained in business even after suffering the loss of its “coal pocket” storage structure in a massive fire in 1951. At the time, there were six coal dealers in the city, and many homes and businesses were still heated with coal. The coal-burning Portsmouth Power Station at the end of Daniel Street, now 1 Harbor Place, was run by Public Service Company of New Hampshire during this period, and the Schiller Station, built in 1949 just upriver on the Newington line, was also coal-fired. The oil “tank farms” along the river stored heating oil, gasoline, and then jet fuel for Pease. Other shipments received in the harbor were gypsum ore for the National Gypsum Company, the gypsum wall board factory below the I95 bridge on Freeman’s Point. Outgoing cargo included rolls of wire and cable produced just upriver in Newington at the Simplex plant, more recently Tyco International. Beginning in 1953, as many as 500 people worked there making cable for the first trans-Atlantic telephone system that was laid in 1955-56, replacing radio and telegraph for long distance communication. The Portsmouth scrap metal pile dominated the Piscataqua shoreline from 1957 until 2014. Ships carried the scrap collected there to steel factories across the globe for recycling. The increasing numbers of cars on the road and modern appliances in homes meant there was a growing supply of scrap metal. Since the war years, the Puddle Dock area, now the site of Strawbery Banke Museum, had been known for its junkyards, which may have been considered eyesores but contained a valuable commodity since recycling was an important part of the wartime economy. The interstate highways built during this period required ice-free conditions, and Granite State Minerals opened on the former Consolidated Coal Company wharf on Market Street in 1959 to store and ship large piles of salt. The New Hampshire Port Authority was created in the 1950s to improve the harbor and docking facilities. Tugboats played a critical role in piloting increasingly larger ships up the river. One of the Piscataqua’s iconic tugboats passes the National Gypsum plant and the Port of New Hampshire. The I-95 bridge, missing in the background of this view, was still over a decade in the future (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Page 13 �And What Did We Do? Military Jobs Military Service Military service was very much a part of life in this period when many had recently returned from war and other families had suffered casualties. The draft was still in place to fill vacancies not filled by volunteer enlistees. Young men finishing high school were faced with a choice. The Selective Service Act meant that they could be drafted unless enrolled in college or a training programs or working in a defense manufacturing job like at the shipyard. Volunteers could choose the branch they wished to serve, but if drafted, the choice was four years in the Army, with up to two years active duty, or six in the Army Reserves. Nationwide during the Korean War, 1950-53, 1.3 million men volunteered and another 1.5 million were drafted. US Army Reserves The newly remodeled Portsmouth Senior Center on Cottage Street was once the Paul A. Doble US Army Reserve Center, built in 1958. Many new facilities were built after the Reserve Forces Act of 1955 proposed nearly doubling the size of reserve forces trained to rapidly deploy in support of regular army ranks in times of conflict. Standard designs included training space, classrooms, and labs for about 300 reservists. The New York firm that designed the buildings used Modernist designs intended to be friendly and approachable. Construction of the Doble Reserve Center, named for a Portsmouth serviceman killed in France in 1944, was authorized in 1956 and cost $275,000. It served an infantry regiment, public information detachment, finance disbursement section, and chemical and ordnance companies. Military Parade on Pleasant Street in 1952 (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum). Portsmouth was a military town through and through, and servicemen in uniforms often received specials and discounts at local restaurants and stores to show appreciation. Page 14 �National Guard The US Army National Guard, with its dual mission to serve both state and federal governments, has been located in the Portsmouth Readiness Center on McGee Drive since 1958. That building replaced the long-time armory that stood on Parrott Street, which was the Portsmouth Recreation Center from 1963 until 2006 when it was taken down for the new library. Federal funding for Cold War armories like Portsmouth’s was authorized by the National Defense Facilities Act of 1949, since larger buildings and grounds were needed for weekend training and assemblies of companies that had doubled in size. The Portsmouth Readiness Center was home to Battery C 197th Field Artillery, re-designated in 1959 as Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Howitzer Battalion, 197th Artillery Regiment. Ground Observer Corps WWII veterans of a North end family, 1961 (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Page 15 Before modern radar stations were in place in the late 50s, human observers were key to spotting enemy aircraft. From 1952 to 1958, Operation Skywatch of the US Air Force Civil Defense Service involved volunteers of all ages at coastal observation posts. Training to identify commercial and military aircraft included the use of scale models, which launched a popular hobby craze. By 1953 as many as 475 people were involved in the local program. Two posts, one in Rye and one at the Portsmouth Plains, were manned 12 hours a day, but no enemy plane was ever spotted. �Public Safety Jobs In 1952, the Portsmouth Police Station in the old county jail on Penhallow Street was remodeled, and eight new patrolmen were hired to help with increasing traffic. The police station served as an Air Raid Warning Relay Station. Duck and Cover Drills were promoted by President Truman’s Federal Civil Defense Administration Program and were performed at the elementary schools. Most people, however, initially knew little about what the actual results of a nuclear attack would be. The fire department had about twenty regulars and 30-45 “call men” during this period. The first two-way radio Trucks of the Central Fire Station on Court Street system had been installed on display in the 1953 City Annual Report in 1948. A new 750-gallon pumper truck was purchased by the City in 1950, and a triple combination pumper in 1956. Fire and ambulance answered about 1,100-1,200 calls a year during this period, compared to around 4,500 requests for services now. A major fire in 1956 destroyed the top two floors of the Jarvis Block (17-27 Congress Street). Pease Air Force Base had its own police department and a fire station that is still active, recently renovated by the city in 2018. A new ambulance with an emergency generator cost $6,500 in 1954. Portsmouth Hospital was built in 1962-64 as an addition to the Cottage Hospital complex that now houses Portsmouth’s City Hall. It had three operating rooms, two delivery rooms and one hundred beds. City Hall during this period was located on Daniel Street in what was previously the nineteenth-century high school building. Air Raid Instructions from the 1961 Portsmouth City Directory Page 16 �mayor in 1952-55, who was in the real estate and insurance business with his brothers. The first medical buildings for doctors and dentists were built as they abandoned home offices and house calls. Banks needed parking, so new lots were built on blocks newly cleared of old buildings, such as the Portsmouth Savings Bank (presently TD Bank) on State Street, a brick Colonial Revival style building erected in 1953. A few years later a much more modern-looking First National Bank was built next door. Market Square in 1955 (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) The old Customs House on Pleasant Street held the Portsmouth Post Office, as well as the Navy and Air Force recruiting offices, until the McIntyre Federal Building opened in 1967. The Rockingham County Courthouse was on State Street until 1967, when it was demolished to make a parking lot, after the county offices were relocated. As Downtown Portsmouth strove to keep up with the modern times, several mid-century business blocks were erected on the sites of nineteenth-century buildings. The former IRS building at 600 State was built in 1952. The block at 220-226 State Street, built ca. 1954, housed the telephone company, Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, and several law firms. The Hobbs Building, 161-165 Court Street, was designed by local architect Lucien Geoffrion and built by E.L. Paterson for the Hobbs Insurance Company. The real estate business boomed, and with increased automobile and home ownership came the need for more insurance agents, like Theodore R. Butler, The Portsmouth Herald newspaper offices (from Seacoastonline.com) Page 17 �Downtown Busines District Middle class families moved toward the suburbs in the 1950s, but they still worked and conducted business downtown. Professional offices and banks were concentrated around Market Square and on Congress and State streets. The Portsmouth Herald was in the Hartford Building, 82-86 Congress Street, during this period. It was run by Justin D. Hartford, a former Naval aviator who returned to Portsmouth in 1938 to take over for his father, Fernando W. Hartford. First National Bank on State Street was one of the new modern buildings constructed in the 1950s (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) 1957 Chamber of Commerce advertisement from the Portsmouth City Directory Page 18 �Who Were We? Portsmouth’s population grew during the World War II years and continued in the 1950s. It was New Hampshire’s fourth largest city at the time, compared to seventh largest in 2020. Most of the population growth was due to the new air base. The coming of the Air Force brought greater diversity and mobility. The students at the junior and senior high schools felt the change the most due to the influx of new transfers as the families of officers and airmen were transferred to and from Pease from all over the country. Portsmouth’s population had long included a mix of immigrant groups, mostly European. There were established families that had come in the nineteenth century, and new arrivals continued in the early twentieth, with wartime workers moving to town during World War II. The 1950 census reported over 1,600 residents who were foreign-born. They were Irish, English, Scottish, French Canadian, Italian, and Greek, as well as Children pose on the steps of the North Church Parish House on Middle Street in 1958 (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Russian Jews, Poles, and other Eastern Europeans. There were ten immigrants from Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America and thirty-one from Asia. From 8.5% of the population in 1950, the number of foreign-born residents shrank to 6.5% in 1960, but 17.4% had a foreign-born parent. Many immigrants became twentiethcentury business owners and leaders. 1950 Wedding group in the North End (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Page 19 �Portsmouth had long had a larger Black community than any other New Hampshire city. The census of 1950 identified 1.1% of Portsmouth’s population as “non-white,” far more than other cities at around 0.3%. The 1960 census was the first with racial “selfidentification,” when people were asked, rather than classified by the census taker. 4.5% of Portsmouth residents were nonwhite and included about 1,000 Blacks and 150 others. Kids from the Haven School neighborhood in 1952 (Courtesy of Portsmouth Public Library) (Portsmouth Public Library) Portsmouth’s age and history as a working port city produced a mix of families from all backgrounds scattered over several neighborhoods, so there was no one area where minorities lived. Segregation was not explicit as it was in the South, but many still felt an undercurrent of racism, and some businesses were segregated. North End family in their living room, 1958 (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) From local interest in the Civil Rights Movement, a local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) formed in January 1958. Meetings were held at the home of founding president Thomas Cobbs in the North End. The group addressed local concerns over discrimination and contributed to efforts to enforce Civil Rights voting laws in the South. After the Rockingham Hotel was integrated, meetings were held there. In the 1960s, the Seacoast Council on Religion and Race (SCORR), formed by people from various churches in the region, held events to inform area residents about the racial crisis in the South and raised money to aid Dr. King’s work. The number of long-time local families with roots in the Colonial period that were still in town was relatively small, though names like Langdon, Wentworth, Cutts, Ladd, Pickering and others were represented. Most residents were New Hampshire-born, but there had been a major influx of people from throughout New England during the wartime boom. Statistics about mobility during the post-World War II period are telling. In 1950, 84.6% of the population reported living in the same house as in 1940. By 1960, fully a third had moved into their current home within the past two years, and fewer than half were New Hampshire natives. Page 20 �Where Did We Live? Neighborhoods Portsmouth residential neighborhoods at the beginning of the 1950s had been relatively unchanged for decades, aside from the several wartime housing developments. A large proportion of homes were rented; just over half were owneroccupied according to the population census. “The neighborhoods were key to what was going on in Portsmouth, and involvement and closeness was just accepted, the part of how things worked.” ~Sherm Pridham The oldest neighborhoods, just to the north and south of the downtown, were home to working class families, including some of the most recently arrived immigrant groups. The eighteenth and early nineteenth century houses had been divided into duplexes and apartments, and there were more than twenty-five rooming and boarding houses. Marcy Street at Gardner, looking north, in the 1950s (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Page 21 South of downtown near the waterfront, the “Puddle Dock” neighborhood, now represented in Strawbery Banke Museum, was a close-knit, ethnically diverse, blue-collar neighborhood until relocated from the eighteenth and early nineteenth century buildings by urban renewal in the early 1960s. The residents were a mix of first and second-generation immigrant families from Ireland, Canada, Italy, Poland, and Russia. Black families lived in Puddle Dock and elsewhere; there was no discrete Black neighborhood. Jewish families had settled in the area in the early 1900s. Many of the old wooden buildings were owned by absentee landlords who did minimal maintenance to keep their taxes down, and local businesses included several junkyards with piles of scrap metal. This was the first area selected for urban renewal, and it was officially designated as “blighted” by a federal study in 1955, beginning years of deliberation over what was to become of the neighborhood. �There were small “mom and pop” stores in all neighborhoods, in houses or small commercial buildings. The Abbott Store at Strawbery Banke Museum depicts one of these during the World War II years, just before Mrs. Abbott retired in 1950. It was one of several shops in the Puddle Dock neighborhood. In the North End were Paola’s and Paganelli’s Italian markets. Some small neighborhood shops remain today, like the Middle Street Market (once the Pennywise Supermarket), the nearby Bread Box, and the Cabot Street Market. The South End, along the riverfront on either side of the South Mill Pond, is now Portsmouth’s oldest intact neighborhood with closely spaced houses from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. From the boat docks on the shore, the Marconi family has been lobstering since Marcy Street at Charles Street in the South End, 1955 (Portsmouth Housing Authority Study) the 1930s, and Sanders Lobster Company dates from the 1950s. A waterfront location was much less desirable than it is now, and one reason was because of the terrible low tide odor in those days before sewage treatment, when garbage was often thrown in the water to be taken out with the tide (and enjoyed by the local rats). There is almost nothing left of the North End due to urban renewal clearing north of Hanover Street in the early 1970s. This was Portsmouth’s “Little Italy,” as the population was about 90% Italian, although it was truly a melting pot with families of Greek, Russian, Polish, French-Canadian, Chinese, and African American origins as well. In the 1950s, the area was similar in density and scale to the surviving South End and Puddle Dock, with closely spaced buildings and mixed uses. The wooden buildings, many dating back to the eighteenth century, were characterized by cheap asphalt shingle or asbestos siding. North End buildings shown here just before demolition in 1970 had seen few changes since the 1950s (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Page 22 �The West End along Islington and McDonough streets near the industrial and railroad corridor had a mix of single and multi-family homes, mostly built in the nineteenth century. Across the North Mill Pond, the large, later nineteenth-century Creek Neighborhood was connected via Bartlett Street and had families of Irish, English, and Canadian origins in single-family homes. The largest and most recently built homes were west and south of the downtown, where streets had developed along the early 1900s streetcar lines. Large Victorian and Colonial Revival single-family homes concentrated on Middle Street were owned by the families of local businesspeople and professionals. Some of the wealthiest local families also had summer cottages in places like Rye and Kittery Point. “The Lafayette School was considered the rich part of the city – people who lived in Lafayette were rich!” ~Harold Whitehouse, Jr. North End neighborhood, looking south, showing houses along Maplewood Avenue, Raynes Avenue, and Vaughn Street that were demolished in the 1970s. Industrial buildings had already replaced earlier houses along Vaughn Street, at upper left. (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Page 23 �Suburban Subdivisions The first suburban neighborhoods were built during wartime to house the families of shipyard workers. The homes built in Pannaway Manor by the Defense Homes Corporation were sold to World War II veterans and others for around $5,000, though Black families were excluded by restrictions in the original deeds. Atlantic Heights, developed in 1918, had privately-owned small homes since the 1920s and included many rental properties. Wentworth Acres, later Mariner’s Village and now Osprey Landing, had 800 apartments, rented to New Ranch houses in Elwyn Park (1955 City Annual Report) qualified married servicemen and veterans. These locations were more isolated than today because Market Street extension wasn’t built until the 1970s, and they had their own neighborhood stores, shops, and schools. Portsmouth still had a housing shortage, as returning service members were eager to establish new families. When the air base was proposed, the shipyard commandant requested the region be designated as “Critical” due to the shortage of housing that would occur. At the same time, housing construction was spurred by federal legislation including the G.I. Bill and Federal Housing Act by which veterans were eligible for guaranteed, lowcost loans. Furniture display at Margeson’s department store downtown showed the contemporary midcentury style of interior decoration, 1956 (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) In 1948, Portsmouth had issued building permits for seventy-five new houses. Twenty-nine property owners constructed new garages for their automobiles. During the next decade, each year saw construction of between thirty and seventy new homes, plus 1954 furniture ad from The Portsmouth Herald Page 24 �twenty to forty garages. Portsmouth appointed its first permanent City Planner to manage the growth in 1953. Whole new neighborhoods were built on the outskirts of the city. The developers were mostly Portsmouth businesspeople and contractors who bought up tracts of land and laid out curvilinear streets and cul-de-sacs. Minimum setbacks, lot size, and square footage were designed to meet Federal Housing Authority requirements, and the deeds allowed only single-family homes with a garage for two cars. There were no deed restrictions on who could own a home. The largest new neighborhood, Elwyn Park, was laid out in a series of connecting subdivisions between 1946 and 1960, for a total of 368 house lots on streets named for all the US Presidents (whose names weren’t already in use). The initial developer was John Golter, builder of the “Golterville” neighborhood near Pannaway Manor. Erminio A. Ricci, an Italian from Portsmouth’s North End, continued the project. He was a mason by trade and started a building supply company near the railroad tracks that continues today as Ricci Lumber and Ace Hardware Store. The earliest houses were capes, followed by ranches and then split-levels as construction continued into the 1970s. Aerial view looking north on Route 1, with the Elwyn Park neighborhood at right (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Maple Haven off Ocean Road near Route 1 was built 1954-60 by contractor Joseph Lamothe of Rye. The three-bedroom homes there sold for $13,800 and up (1955 City Annual Report) Page 25 Portsmouth followed national trends, with wealthier families moving to the suburbs rather than settling in the older neighborhoods. With some of the most upscale homes around, at $17,900 for a four-bedroom house, Elwyn Park was popular with business owners and Air Force officers. �Other Ricci developments were Sunset Road (1950) and the jewel streets (Diamond, Ruby, etc.) off Woodbury Avenue (1960-64). In the mid-1950s, Ricci built Sheffield and Hampshire roads with contractor F.E. Paterson whose family ran E.L. Paterson & Sons contractors and Patco millwork. Harry Winebaum, a Russian Jewish immigrant whose news agency was on Congress Street, developed Bersum Gardens on Leslie Drive near the Route 1 Bypass in 1955-56. Maple Haven offered homes at the southern edge of the city that were more affordable, but “in the middle of nowhere,” several miles from downtown. The first mobile home park, Hillcrest Trailer Court, is nearby. An early convenience store at Lafayette and Elwyn roads (now site of Cumberland Farms), was built over the objections of Elwyn Park homeowners who wanted the area to remain residential (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Homes of the period had birch cabinets, Formica countertops, tiled bathrooms, and hardwood floors. Household appliances were sold by the oil and gas dealers, the electric company and even tire dealers. G.E. introduced the colored appliances that we identify as “retro” today in 1954. Atherton’s Furniture ad in a 1955 edition of The Portsmouth Herald Page 26 �Portsmouth Housing Authority The city’s first public housing at Gosling Meadows was built to house families dislocated by urban renewal projects downtown, as well as veterans and service members. The rural site on the Newington town line was far from downtown but close to the new air base and accessible by city bus. The project’s “garden apartment” design incorporated open space, sidewalks, courtyards, and landscaping. The 124unit project finished in 1959 is still the largest public housing site, with the most family units, in the city. The Portsmouth Housing Authority opened its first senior housing a few years later at Woodbury Manor. Plan and photograph of Gosling Meadows, Portsmouth’s first public housing project, located on the Newington town line at the northern edge of the city (1960 City Annual Report) Page 27 �Base Housing On base, Pease was a self-contained community with a population of 10,000-12,000 people including officers, airmen, and their families. They had their own commissary store, bank, post office, library, pharmacy, medical center and dental clinic, dry cleaner, barber shop and beauty parlor, cafeteria and snack bar, chapels, a school, and even on-base daycare for $2 a day. There were dormitories and a mess hall for unmarried men, a bowling alley, sportsman’s club, gymnasium, hobby shop, and even a movie theater. The base had a golf course and its own sports teams, known as the Vikings. The airmen’s dormitory, one of thirteen 300-man dormitories on base (National Archives) Inspection of base housing construction (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Families lived on streets of matching semi-detached duplexes and quadruplexes in a modernistic ranch form. Construction of base housing began in 1957 and took several years to complete. In all, there were over a thousand units in two, three and four-bedroom configurations and twelve single-family homes for officers. These buildings, like others on bases throughout the country, were demolished in the 1990s-early 2000s, when they were not quite fifty years old. The only evidence of this neighborhood complex now remaining is in the layout of curving, interconnecting streets between International and Corporate drives on Pease Tradeport. Page 28 �Where Did We Learn? Neighborhoods were defined by their elementary schools, of which there were eight in 1950 and ten by 1960, plus the parochial school. They were spread throughout the city, with a half-mile to a mile and a half radius around each one. Students walked to and from school and went home or to a relative’s house for lunch, a break an hour and a half long. No elementary pupil of today studies in a classroom from the 1950s in Portsmouth, since those buildings are either gone or have been converted to new uses. The three current elementary schools—New Franklin School, Little Harbour School, and Dondero School—date from 1960 and after. The Farragut School on High Street in the North End was demolished around 1970 with urban renewal. The Haven School on South School Street, attended by children from Puddle Dock and the South End, became condominiums in the 1970s. At the west edge of downtown, the former Whipple School is an apartment building on the corner of State and Summer streets. Generations of Catholic students attended St. Patrick’s School, which stood on Austin Street from 1887 to 2020. The Lafayette School at the junction of South and Middle streets is now senior apartments, as is the Atlantic Heights School. The Wentworth school, attended by Wentworth Acres children The old Lafayette School on Lafayette Road served the neighborhood Middle Street and the West End (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Page 29 A 1957 Classroom (1957 Portsmouth High School Yearbook) �from 1942, was demolished in 2010. The Sherburne School, built for Pannaway Manor in 1941-42, has housed Robert J. Lister Academy since 1992. The New Franklin School, built in 1919 at the edge of the Creek Neighborhood, was destroyed in a 1981 fire, but the addition built in 1967 is at the core of the existing modern building. Brackett Elementary School on the air base opened by 1959 for 780 students, and a second school was built a few years later, but both were demolished in the early 2000s. In 1959, the City acquired land at the edge of Elwyn Park for a school to serve the growing population of the new subdivisions south of the city. The Dondero School was completed in 1960, named in memory of Mary Dondero, mayor from 1945-1947 and longtime city-council member, who died that year. The newest of Portsmouth’s schools, Little Harbour School, opened in 1969. Haven School cheerleaders at a basketball game in 1956 (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) 1955 Haven School baseball team (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Class of 1957 leaves the old High School on Islington Street, which was later converted to the Keefe House elderly housing. This was the last Senior Class to graduate in this building, as the new high school building opened later that year. (Portsmouth High School Yearbook) Page 30 �Students walked to the junior high school and high school also, except those from the most distant neighborhoods, like the Heights and the Acres. Students could take a city bus but had to live more than 1.3 miles from the school before the fare was free. From 1903 to 1957, Portsmouth High School was located on Islington Street in what is now the Keefe House elderly housing apartments. At that time, the public library was right next door at the corner of Islington and Middle streets, now the Discover Portsmouth Center. The building was remodeled in 1954 to plans by architect Maurice Witmer, who also designed the Home for Aged Women, more recently the former Senior Center on Parrot Avenue. Portsmouth Junior High School was the next stop after neighborhood elementary schools, bringing all the city’s schoolchildren together. 1953 Portsmouth High School Cheerleaders (Portsmouth High School Yearbook) Ight In 1953, there were 700 high school students, about 750 in the junior high school, roughly 1,700 elementary students, and 378 in kindergarten for a total of over 3,500. As Pease was being built, an influx of 1,500 new students was anticipated for a 40% increase. Newly constructed Portsmouth High School as shown in 1956 City Annual Report Page 31 In 1955-56, a new state of the art high school was constructed for $3,000,000. Sited on the far southern edge of the urban area, near the Lafayette Road/Route 1 Bypass interchange, it was accessible to Pease and the expanding outlying neighborhoods. It opened in 1957, and the track and sports fields were completed soon after. The high school soon needed even more space, and a twelveroom addition was built when the school was only five years old. By 1961, the high school itself had more than 1,500 students and the total student population was 5,870, Construction of the Portsmouth High School in 1955 over twice as many as (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) there are now. �How Did We Worship? Church communities were an important part of 1950s family life. With diversity came new houses of worship. In a decade, ten new churches were established for a total of twenty-five, about the same number as today. The automobile allowed more flexibility, but historically churches were located near the downtown or in residential neighborhoods that supported them. The oldest congregations, in the heart of the city, expanded in this period as well. St. John’s Episcopal built a Parish House in 1953. Temple Israel on State Street held Hebrew school in the neighboring building before the community center was added in the 1960s. The Congregational North Church in Market Square joined the United Church of Christ in 1957. The Unitarian and Universalist churches merged into today’s South Church after the latter group lost its church to fire in 1947. The Universalist Church site on Pleasant Street was sold to the First National grocery chain, and a supermarket was built in 1951, despite some local opposition. The chapel at Pease Air Force Base (National Archives) In Haymarket Square, the Middle Street Baptist Church moved to a new building in 1956. It was designed by local Colonial Revival architect Maurice Witmer, and the historic Peirce Mansion was moved back and remodeled as the vestry. The Court Street Christian Church relocated to Middle Street in 1954 and became the Central Baptist Church, which was in that location for fifty-five years. When the People’s Baptist Church on Pearl Street celebrated its fifty-ninth anniversary in 1952, the guest speakers included Martin Luther King, Jr., then a doctoral student at Boston University, who gave a speech titled “Going Forward by Going Backward.” The building was sold in 1984 but has been preserved and used as a restaurant and rental space. To serve the large Catholic population, two new parishes were added north and south of the downtown in addition to the central Immaculate Conception Church on Summer Street. St. James Church was built in 1958-59 near the Elwyn Park neighborhood on Lafayette Road, where it stood for fifty-nine years. The old school on the corner of Cabot and State streets was used by the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church until their building near the high school opened in 1971. The First United Methodist Church on Miller Avenue dedicated a parish house education wing in 1958. Page 32 �Where Did We Shop? Congress Street has always been Portsmouth’s Main Street and was the location of a wide variety of shops including jewelry stores, clothing stores, drug stores, shoe stores, a hat shop, photography studios and camera shops, the Singer sewing machine store, realtors and insurance agencies, news agent, a cigar store, a lawn mower dealer, music stores, and a hardware store. There were a number of beauty parlors and barbershops, which still tended to be segregated. The pharmacies were all in the downtown. Starbucks is currently located in the old Green’s Drug Store at 1 Market Square. Liggett’s drug store, which became Rexall pharmacy, was in the Franklin Block. Healey’s was on the corner of Pleasant and State streets, site of the Rusty Hammer Restaurant in recent years. Peavey’s Hardware on Market Street was a hardware store dating to the eighteenth century. It was under the same ownership from 1941 until it closed in 2004, the last hardware store in town. Fanny Farmer Candy Store was in one of the buildings replaced by the Worth Block at Congress Street and Maplewood Avenue. One of the oldest continuous businesses is now The Eyeglass Shop on Daniel Street, open since 1943. Foye’s department store on Congress Street occupied the storefronts of several buildings (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Page 33 The Arthur J. Healey drug store on the corner of State and Pleasant streets, later site of the Rusty Hammer (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) �Market and Congress streets offered a full range of clothing shops and about ten department stores. J.J. Newberry department store was at 19-21 Congress and extended to the rear on Fleet Street, where the sign is still visible above Gilley’s diner, although the store closed in 1991. A new modern façade put on the store after a fire in 1956 was removed in recent decades. The Montgomery Ward building on Congress is now home to Flatbread Pizza and other shops. The store was located downtown until the Newington Mall was built in the 1970s. Kimball’s occupied a row of old buildings on Market Street and specialized in women’s and children’s clothes. French’s was another women’s store on Market Street that had started as a dry Kimball’s department store on Market Street in 1951 spanned several contiguous goods store in the buildings (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) 1880s. Hudson’s Apparel was in the block of buildings removed from the end of Congress Street in the early 1970s during urban renewal and replaced by the Worth Block, built by clothing store owner Stuart Shaines. It reopened afterward in what is now the health food store. Goodman’s was a men’s store on the ground floor of the former YMCA building next door. Foye’s Store, run by several generations of that family, was in the Peirce Block next to the Athenaeum. There were nine shoe stores. The popular Buster Browns were sold at the Thom McAn store in the Franklin Block and Shaines Shoes sold the Stride Rite brand. 1955 Day’s jewelry store on Congress Street (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Page 34 �There were variety stores including Woolworth’s and Grant’s. Toys were sold in the department stores, particularly at the holidays. Sears had a mail order office on Pleasant Street in the Piscataqua Savings Bank building. Toys that are now iconic date from this period, like Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Play-Doh, and Hula Hoops. In addition to old favorites like marbles, checkers, Chinese checkers and Parcheesi, new board games ranged from Candy Land, created in 1948, to Risk: the Game of Global Domination, in 1957, and Yahtzee, “the Yacht Game,” a popular party game for adults. Barbie the “teenage fashion model” was introduced in 1959 and patented in 1961. G.I. Joe followed in 1964. 1950s toys on display in Kimball’s toy department (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) In the days before wayside furniture stores and shopping plazas, home furnishings could be purchased downtown. Margeson’s Furniture, owned by Richman Margeson, who was mayor in 1950-51, continues today as Cabot House on the Vaughan Mall. Atherton’s and Kline’s were located on Islington Street, now gone. Food shopping had been done more frequently before refrigerators were common. The pattern of many small shops throughout the city continued through the 1950s. The 1950 city directory listed about sixty grocery stores. They ranged in size from one-room “mom and pop” shops to the new chain supermarkets. Stores got larger and fewer in number. The 1959 directory listed forty-four groceries and by 1961 there were only forty. Those who lived Page 35 Interior of J.J. Newberry’s department store on Congress Street (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) �near enough walked downtown or to a corner store, which offered more necessities than modern convenience stores. Home delivery was important for those farther away. Grocery stores offered delivery service for those who could afford it, and bakery and fruit trucks had regular routes to the outlying neighborhoods. Downtown shops included Mario’s Market, a meat market owned by Mario Pesarisi at 101 Market Street, and Kol’s deli in Market Square near North Church. Zacharias Fruit Store was at the upper end of Congress. Hershey’s Bakery was located on Daniel Street. The First National store First National Stores, the first large, chain grocery store, was built on the site of the on the corner of Universalist Church on Pleasant Street, now the site of Citizen’s Bank. (Courtesy of the Pleasant Street Portsmouth Athenaeum) and Parrott Avenue was built despite opposition from residents who sought a zoning change to stop it. The increase in family cars allowed other chain stores to locate farther from the city center. The A&P that opened on Islington in 1948 lies under the Bank of America facade. Hannaford Brothers originated as a wholesale The original Hannaford Brothers wholesale building in former Frank grocery company also on Jones buildings on Brewery Lane (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Islington Street. When the Pic Athenaeum) ‘N Pay, now the site of Newberry’s advertisement (1961 City Hannaford’s since 1999, opened Directory) in 1961, it was advertised as New England’s most exciting supermarket. Page 36 �What Did We Do for Fun? Market Square has always been a focus of city life. Long before the first Market Square Day in 1978, Congress Street was the site of parades and celebrations. On any weekend night, downtown Portsmouth was the place to be. Stores were open late and the banks cashed paychecks until 8:00 on Friday night. Annual Jubilee Week celebrations were popular for many years, beginning in 1955 when 65,000 people attended. Opening with a parade and closing with the crowning of the Jubilee Queen, the week included a road race, swim meet, softball and baseball games, archery and horseshoe tournaments, barbeque and bean suppers, boat races, doll carriage parade, and fireworks. Dining Out Portsmouth has always offered a wide range of dining options, though going out to a restaurant was not as common as it is today. There were fifty restaurants and cafes listed in the city directory in 1950, nearly all of them downtown. By the end of the decade, sixty restaurants included several roadside businesses outside of town. One of the oldest restaurants still in business is Moe’s Sandwiches, which opened a few doors down from its present site on Daniel Street in 1959. Phil “Moe” Pagano sold one signature sandwich based on an Italian recipe. The price was 45 cents. Gilley’s, the late-night hotspot on Fleet Street, is a 1940 lunch cart. Until 1974, it was a mobile diner, hauled by truck and parked in front of North Church in Market Square for evening business. “Friday nights the stores would stay open. Occasionally my mom and dad would go downtown, park the car, and watch all the shoppers for a short time before my sister got off work at 9. We would have supper at Liggett’s Drugstore. I would have a Coke, order of toast, and a hot fudge sundae all for 49 cents, no tax or tip.” –Lorraine Boston, longtime Portsmouth resident Page 37 Gilley’s, shown at its home base, was typically parked in front of the North Church in Market Square and serviced the late-night crowd as it continues to do today (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) �Postcard from the newly remodeled Jarvis Restaurant in Market Square (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) The Jarvis family ran several popular restaurants and other businesses in Market Square. Andrew Jarvis, who opened his first café in 1913, became Portsmouth’s first Greek mayor in 1958-59. In the 1950s, the restaurant had a diner style interior with chrome and Naugahyde benches. The Clipper Restaurant on the opposite side of Congress Street was also popular. The Blue Goose in the Kearsarge House hotel advertised a full steak dinner for $1.25. Kol’s Deli on Congress Street (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Thorner’s Oyster House on Daniel Street had fried clams, coleslaw, and fries for 95¢. Newick’s was on Ceres Street before relocating to Dover Point in the 1960s. The earliest Chinese restaurant, the New China, was above Jarvis’ on Congress Street. Some of the first pizza in town was served at Paola’s on Deer Street in the North End. The Rosa Italian and pizza restaurant on State Street, in business from the 1920s, was known for the individual mini jukeboxes in each booth. The Victory Spa at 96 State Street was owned by the Greek Savarinis and Raizes families. It was a workingman’s breakfast and lunch place where shipyard workers met up before catching the bus over Memorial Bridge to the Navy Yard. The Newberry’s department store luncheonette was a popular meetup place, and the drug stores soda fountains, like Liggett’s, were the places to get an inexpensive meal. Interior of Hank and Fan’s lunch counter at 107 State Street in 1953 (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Page 38 �Bars and clubs were located downtown, near the waterfront and in the North End. The Press Room on Daniel Street was the Sagamore Social Club. The State Street Saloon that burned down in 2017 was Roger’s Café. The Olympia Café on the Vaughan Mall was run by the Polazzi family. The Elks Lodge was located on the corner of Pleasant and Court streets. A new VFW post containing a bar and banquet hall opened on Deer Street, where it recently became The Statey Restaurant. At the American Legion Post on Islington Street weekly dances featured a 12piece orchestra and vocalist. Admission was 90 cents. Many bars identified as a hangout for a certain neighborhood or branch of the military. The notorious Dolphin Hotel and Restaurant on High Street was popular with visiting Navy sailors and their companions until it burned to the ground in 1969. At Liggett’s “I remember coffee was 10 cents, a Coke 5 cents, hot fudge sundae 40 cents, and a banana split 50 cents.” ~Lorraine Boston, former Liggett’s employee Liggett’s soda counter menu, when the lunch specials cost a quarter (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Page 39 �Upscale dining was offered by the Rockingham Hotel downtown and Wentworth by the Sea in New Castle, both owned by James B. and Margaret Smith. The Rockingham Hotel was the site for functions and meetings, and the restaurant specialized in lobster and steak dinners. The Library restaurant, opened in 1975, continues the steakhouse tradition. The hotel rooms started at $2.50 a night. The Wentworth-by-the-Sea offered The Rockingham Hotel on State Street, an upscale hotel and site of many meetings and functions in Portsmouth (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) grand hotel experience to upper-class tourists and diners. The massive complex was nearly three times larger than it is today, until demolition of several sections in the 1980s. The Smiths purchased it in 1946 for $200,000. Both businesses played a role in the process of ending segregation in this period. The Rockingham Hotel has been The Library Restaurant since 1975 (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) In 1948, the Rockingham Hotel was forced to allow its first Black patrons, when director Louis deRochemont used it as the base of operations for filming his movie Lost Boundaries. The film was about a light-skinned Black doctor passing as white in a small New Hampshire town, being too light to be accepted at Black hospitals in the South. The stars were of Mediterranean ancestry, but Blacks were among the cast and extras. Smith accepted them rather than lose the business. At the Wentworth by the Sea, however, Blacks were still not served or employed, nor were known Jews and Greeks welcome. It wasn’t until two days after passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended segregation in public places and employment discrimination, that a Black couple Emerson and Jane Reed and their white friends insisted the Wentworth honor their reservations in the dining room. Reed, like so many Portsmouth men, was a World War II Navy veteran and longtime shipyard employee. Page 40 �Recreation Beach scene of New Castle, from Meadowbrook Inn brochure promoting recreation in the area (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Sports were popular, particularly basketball, and the star high school players were local idols. Even the elementary schools had their own teams. They practiced in local parks and playgrounds. The baseball diamond at Portsmouth Plains was resurfaced in 1953 and Hislop Field in Atlantic Heights was rebuilt in 1956. Prescott Park offered playground equipment and a field in “Liberty Park,” where the flower displays are now. The South Playground had tennis courts and a baseball field. School sports were for boys only, although girls could be cheerleaders. There was a Girl’s Athletic Association with about a hundred members, but it wasn’t until well into the 1960s that Portsmouth had interscholastic girls’ teams. The old Portsmouth Country Club became part of Pease Air Force Base. A new Portsmouth Country Club was built just over the town line in Greenland in 1956-57 by golf course architect Robert Trent Jones. The Wentworth by the Sea County Club was also popular with local residents. In winter, the city maintained ice-skating rinks in several neighborhoods, such as this one at South Cemetery (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Page 41 Prescott Park was enlarged by the City after it received the million-dollar Prescott Trust fund. Union wharf was purchased in 1954, and the public boat landing built in 1957. Prescott Park reached its final size in 1964 with the $80,000 acquisition of the former Walker coal wharf, though the arts festival for which it is known was another decade in the future. Action shot from the 1957 Portsmouth High School yearbook A dad referees a baseball game behind the junior high school (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) �The riverfront offered local children opportunities for fishing and boating. Each neighborhood had its own waterfront spot to play by or put into the water. North End kids swam from Littlefield Wharf on the North Mill Pond. South Enders played off Prescott Park and Peirce Island, and Atlantic Heights families had access to the river, too. Kids played in their neighborhoods and, with the acquisition of a bicycle, could roam even farther. The river current was strong, but pollution was an issue throughout this period. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 mandated action, but Portsmouth, like many cities, could not afford a sewage treatment system until federal money became available in the 1960s; it wasn’t until 1965 that the Peirce Island plant eliminated discharge into the river. Attendance at the Peirce Island Pool fell during the polio scare of the 1950s, because polio was one of the most serious communicable childhood diseases before the vaccine was first given to school children in 1955. A new bathhouse improved conditions, and the bridge to the island was rebuilt in 1958. Day trips to the beach or holidays at nearby shorefront cottages were more common than traveling farther out of town for family vacations. The state parks at Hampton Beach and Rye Harbor were improved in the 1940s, and Wallis Sands State Park opened in the early 1960s. “A lot of [playtime] wasn’t structured. Just, ‘be home when the streetlights come on.’” ~Ted Connors The new bathhouse at the Peirce Island Pool was shown in the 1955 City Report The Peirce Island Pool, which opened in the 1930s, was fed by salt water pumped in from the river (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Page 42 �The original Connie Bean Community Center was in the former Army-Navy building on Daniel Street, remodeled by the City in 1954. Basketball and badminton leagues, cribbage tournaments, boxing, judo, archery, photography, and art classes were offered. There were “record hops” for high school students and USO dances for area servicemen. The 1905 YMCA building on Congress Street was home to that organization until 1957 when Camp Gundalow day camp opened in Greenland. The YWCA offered clubs and activities for “young wives, teens and business girls.” Bowl-O-Rama, built in 1956 by the Genimatas family, was one of the earliest businesses on Route 1. League play was popular, and the high school had large bowling teams. Downtown, an arcade and bowling alley were built in 1957 on the corner of Congress and Middle after the historic Treadwell Mansion was demolished, to the dismay of preservationists. Newly remodeled Community Center lobby (City Annual Report 1959) Vintage Bowl-O-Rama postcard Page 43 �Movies Downtown Portsmouth had four movie theaters, of which the Music Hall is the only survivor. Then known as the Civic Theater, it was run by New England movie magnate E.M. Loew from 1947. Cartoons and news reels ran continuously all afternoon between scheduled feature films and admission was a quarter. The Colonial Theater and the Arcadia Theater, in the Franklin Block, were on either side of Congress Street, and the Olympia Theater was just around the corner on Vaughan Street. Loew’s Cinema on Congress, showing The Ten Commandments, released in 1956 (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) 1955 Portsmouth Herald advertisement for Colonial Theatre “The Arcadia was the cheapest. That was only 9 cents, and 10 cents you could buy a bag of popcorn and go to the theater. It was called the ‘scratch house.’ It was terrible, terrible! But no one complained.” ~Harold Whitehouse, Jr. Page 44 �The Louis deRochemont movie Lost Boundaries, depicting racial injustice of the 1930s-40s, premiered at the Colonial and Olympia Theaters on June 22, 1949. Locals had been cast as extras, and local sites were used for scenes of a New England small town. The film was considered controversial, and many theaters would not show it. The 1950s were the drive-in era. The Open Air Drive-In, later the Newington Outdoor Theater, opened on the newly built Spaulding Turnpike in 1952 and operated into the 1980s. The York-Kittery Drive-In also opened in 1952 and was located on Route 1, where the Kittery outlets are now. 1958 Ad for the Newington drive-in (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) In the 1960s, movie attendance declined as television expanded. The Olympia and Arcadia theaters closed and were converted to offices. The E.M. Loew’s company took over and remodeled the Colonial Theater, which was in business until 1980 and has since been replaced by new construction. Page 45 �Home Entertainment WHEB broadcaster (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Radio was still the primary source of communication and entertainment for most families during this period. Radios, phonograph players, and tape recorders could be bought along with musical instruments in downtown music stores like Sessions and Hassett’s. The hand-held transistor radio was introduced by a new Japanese company, Sony, in 1952. WHEB was the original local radio station with its studio and offices downtown and a tower on Lafayette Road where the station is today. WHEB AM was a “daytimer,” required to go off the air at sunset. Boston radio stations provided the evening programming. 1954 TV ad from The Portsmouth Herald WHEB was broadcast from the top of the New Hampshire National Bank building on Pleasant Street in Market Square (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Televisions were in less than one percent of American homes in 1948, but by 1952 the rate was over thirty percent. The biggest brands of the day were Magnavox, Philco, RCA and Zenith. The cost for a television set came down gradually. The average price was $250 in 1955, which is over $2,000 in today’s money. TVs ranged from about $120 to over $1,200. There were eight places to buy or service a television in Portsmouth, including Tony’s Television which is still in business on Islington Street. State Street Discount House was on State Street from 1958 until 1986. Page 46 �Cobb’s Television shop in the North End was owned by Thomas Cobb, who had come to Portsmouth to work as an electrician in the shipyard during World War II (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) There were two and then three Boston TV channels to choose from. Local newspaper listings show that programming ran from 5:30AM to around midnight, and stations signed off overnight. The Pridham family had one of the first television sets in the Puddle Dock neighborhood in 1950. Their neighbors were known to sit outside and watch through their living room windows (Courtesy of Strawbery Banke Museum) Page 47 Popular shows of the day included I Love Lucy, Gunsmoke, The Ed Sullivan Show, American Bandstand, Howdy Doody and The Mickey Mouse Club. The first Saturday morning children’s shows came on in 1950. The first ever presidential debate, between Kennedy and Nixon, was aired in 1960. �How Did We Get There? Transportation The automobile transformed life in Portsmouth during the 1950s. After World War II, new car production resumed, and by 1950 more than half of American households owned a car. Ten years later, the number was nearly three-quarters. Portsmouth followed that trend with 7,272 vehicles registered in 1952 and over 12,000 in 1962. Moving to the suburbs often meant the need for a second family car. Cars meant freedom and mobility, a release from walking outside in bad weather and being subject to train or bus schedules. During the 1950s and 1960s, “going out for a drive” was a popular activity, visiting nearby towns or parks to see something new. Driver’s education was first offered at the high school in 1950. The Portsmouth Traffic Circle was the gateway to the Seacoast (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Memorial Bridge traffic in front of Daniel Street power station (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Page 48 �Highways The National Interstate and Defense Highway Act of 1956 established the modern highway network. Interstate-95, which is the backbone of the region today, was built in several sections. From 1940, the main north-south highway was the Maine-New Hampshire Turnpike, known as the Route 1 Bypass. In 1950, I-95 was completed from the Massachusetts line to Portsmouth. It joined the Bypass at the newly constructed Portsmouth Traffic Circle, and the route north to Maine continued north over the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge. The final section of I-95 was built in the early 1970s along with the new Piscataqua River Bridge, which bypassed the Route 1 Bypass. The Portsmouth Circle became the terminus of US Route 4 and NH 16 when the lower end of the Spaulding Turnpike was built in the early 1950s, coinciding with the selection of the air base site. The traffic circle was constructed to connect I-95 with the Route 1 Bypass (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Cars - What Did We Drive? A car ad in The Portsmouth Herald, 1954 Chevrolet, Ford, and Buick were the most popular 1950s makes. The Ford Fairlane was a best-seller, costing around $2,000 in 1955, the equivalent of just under $20,000 in 2020. The Chevrolet Bel Air was similarly priced. A Buick Special cost upwards of $2,200. The Chevy Corvette, introduced in 1953, cost around $3,500, equivalent to nearly $34,000 today. A Cadillac ran upwards of $5,000. There were eleven Portsmouth dealerships in 1950, representing all the major companies: Chrysler, DeSoto, Dodge, Ford, Nash, Packard, Plymouth, Pontiac, and Studebaker. They were concentrated on Islington Street and nearby in the West End. Car dealers prospered with the growing population, particularly when Pease was established. By the Page 49 �end of the decade, there were nineteen dealerships and additional makes such as Buick, Edsel, Imperial, Mercury, Oldsmobile, Opel, and Triumph. Some are still in business. Taccetta Chevrolet was on Albany Street until opening on Woodbury Avenue in Newington in 1968. Ben’s Autobody was also on Islington Street during this period. Brooks Auto sales, a long-time Ford dealer, was on Hanover Street in an old mill building. Seybolt Chrysler Plymouth was located on Vaughan Street and moved to Lafayette Road around 1956. One of the first dealers on the Spaulding Turnpike was Seacoast Motors, Inc., a Volkswagen dealer from ca. 1960. Seybolt Motors on was Route 1/Lafayette Road, now site of the Goodwill Industries building (Portsmouth Athenaeum) Businesses related to the automobile proliferated on Lafayette Road, the Maine-NH Turnpike or Bypass and connecting streets, like Islington. In 1950, the city directory listed thirty gas stations, and by the end of the decade there were over fifty. Several are still standing, though all have been remodeled. The former Gulf Station built ca. 1950 on the Route 1 Bypass retains the porcelain enamel walls that were popular. Nearby Buzzy’s Bypass Gas dates from the 1950s, as do the service stations on the corners of Middle and Lafayette roads and Bartlett and Islington streets. The Berry Motor Company was one of several dealerships on Islington Street. It is now the brick plaza on Islington Street at Spinney Road (The Portsmouth Herald, 1950) Texaco station at the Middle Street and Middle Road intersection (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Page 50 �Public Transportation The Boston and Maine railroad station stood on Deer Street right where Maplewood Avenue now crosses the tracks. The streets in this area were reconfigured as part of urban renewal of the 1970s. The station was reduced in size in 1949 with a reduction in service. Just a few years later, the last passenger train ran between Portsmouth and Portland in 1952 and Boston in 1965. The station was later torn down with the rest of the North End around 1970. Freight traffic in and out of Portsmouth continues with spurs connecting to Pease and the Navy yard. Interstate bus service was offered by Greyhound and Trailways, the predecessor of C&J Bus lines. Both stopped downtown on Congress Street in Market Square. There were five trips a day between Portsmouth and Dover and daily service to Manchester, Concord, Boston, Portland and elsewhere in Maine. Not everyone had a car, and many Portsmouth families of the 1950s still relied on city The train platform in the late 1940s buses to get to work, shopping, (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) and recreation. Bus routes ran in and out of downtown along the main thoroughfares to all the outlying neighborhoods, including Pease Air Force Base. In the summertime, service was offered to York and Rye Beach. Bus patronage declined by the end of the decade, as the family car became ubiquitous. The Boston and Maine Transportation Company had busses in the 1950s (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Page 51 �Parking Downtown parking has been an issue since the first cars arrived alongside horses and buggies. It became increasingly important as people moved out of town but drove back there for business. In 1954, the Penhallow Street parking lot was cleared of buildings. In 1955, the City built three more parking lots: the Vaughan or Worth lot, the Hanover and Fleet street lot, now site of the garage, and the Court Street fire station lot. Penhallow lot from the 1954 City Annual Report 1955 City Annual Report showing today’s Worth Lot Page 52 �Tourism and Roadside Businesses The new highways bypassed the downtown and changed traffic patterns. Travelers could avoid Portsmouth altogether if they chose, so maps and guidebooks promoted its many historic houses. New accommodations for tourists were established outside the downtown, with motor inns on Route 1 and the Bypass. The oldest still in business is the Port Inn, built as the Port City Motel in 1956. Near the Rye town line on Route 1, the Wren’s Nest Village Inn also dates from the 1950s. Portsmouth Chevrolet on the traffic circle now occupies the site of the Meadowbrook Motor Inn, which was the height of modern luxury when it opened in 1952, designed by Portsmouth architect Lucien Geoffrion and featuring hardwood furniture and pastel colored bathroom fixtures. The Meadowbrook Motor Inn lobby was decorated in the latest style as seen in this brochure image (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Traffic circle looking south, shows new roadside businesses (City of Portsmouth website) Page 53 �Howard Johnson’s restaurant was a traffic circle landmark for many years. The original building was moved across the highway when the circle was built around 1950; the roofline was changed in 1960 and exists as part of the current Roundabout Diner. The Howard Johnson’s motor lodge, built in 1960 and much remodeled, is now the Best Western. Howard Johnson’s postcard from the 1960s showing the restaurant at left and the motor lodge at right The Meadowbrook Motor Inn brochure advertises “luxurious” amenities (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Page 54 �New businesses were built on the highway roadsides to serve travelers and provide new destinations for local residents. Just over the Memorial Bridge in Kittery, Warren’s Lobster Pound was expanded to seat 150, which is still less than half its size today. South of the city, the landmark Yoken’s “Thar She Blows” sign on Lafayette Road marks the former location of Yoken’s Restaurant, which opened in 1947. Owner Harry Yoken, the son of Russian immigrants, had previously run a grocery store and restaurant downtown. His building had a Colonial façade designed by Lucien Geoffrion. The first of a series of renovations and expansions began after Yoken’s brother-in-law, Harry MacLeod, took over in 1958. The restaurant was a major employer of local young people during high school and college. The Dinnerhorn Drive-In on Lafayette Road was just a few years old in this 1962 view (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) When asked if someone had worked at Yoken’s, a common response was, “Didn’t everybody?” ~ former Yoken’s owner Kevin MacLeod Yoken’s was known for family dining at reasonable prices (Portsmouth Public Library postcard collection) Page 55 �The city’s first shopping center, Lafayette Plaza, was built in 1961. It housed King’s Department Store, a discount chain for the “self-serve” shopper. Shopping centers offered ample free parking for large store buildings, which had room to provide vast quantities of merchandise under one roof. Looking south on Route 1 showing Lafayette Plaza under construction (top), Portsmouth High School at lower left (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) King’s Department Store celebrated its opening in 1961 with door prizes and specials (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Page 56 �Urban Renewal – What Did We Save and What Did We Lose? Modern Portsmouth, with its cultural and historical tourism-based economy and ever-expanding hotels, was created by the urban renewal movement that was a defining trend of the Post-World War II period when hundreds of families from two of Portsmouth’s oldest residential, working class neighborhoods were displaced. In the wake of World War II housing shortages, the National Housing Act of 1949 was part of Truman’s “Fair Deal” to provide a decent home and suitable living environment for every American family. Funds were available for “slum clearance” and public housing projects. Substandard housing was acquired by public domain, demolished, and the land sold for redevelopment. Puddle Dock to Strawbery Banke The Portsmouth Housing Authority formed in 1953 and developed a plan to clear eighteen-acres south of the downtown along Marcy Street. There was opposition by South End residents, so the project was reduced to ten acres covering the Puddle Dock neighborhood, now occupied by Strawbery Banke Museum. The buildings were old and un-modernized, many of them with absentee landlords, and there were five junkyards. The plan was to level the area and sell the land to private developers for “garden apartments” that would include some low rent units. Few investors were interested in becoming the new landlords, however. For the development to be profitable, rents would need to be more than twice the $85-100 per month that Portsmouth residents in the area could afford. 1955 aerial view looking south shows 18 acres of the Puddle Dock neighborhood proposed for urban renewal (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Page 57 �At the same time, preservationists had a different vision in mind. Architectural historians had long recognized the significance of the Puddle Dock and South End areas because it had some of the oldest buildings, having avoided the fires that destroyed the downtown in the early 1800s. A colonial maritime village museum had been proposed in the 1930s, but the plan went nowhere until the buildings were threatened by demolition, just as more and more mid-century modern commercial blocks were being erected on the sites of old buildings downtown. Several events coincided to raise interest in preservation and resulted in the creation of Strawbery Banke Museum as an alternative form of urban renewal. A speech given by Dorothy Vaughan, long-time city librarian and historian, was instrumental. The date was June 20, 1957, and the audience was the Rotary Club, meeting in the Rockingham Hotel ballroom. This was the first time a woman spoke at, let alone Puddle Dock in the 1950s (Courtesy of Strawbery Banke Museum) attended, one of their meetings, but Miss Vaughan struck a chord when she warned these local leaders that their “Old Town by the Sea” was in danger. “Keeping Portsmouth old” was critical to its economic success, she said; otherwise it would soon look like “Main Street, USA.” “Nowhere in America is there more of this thing…the American heritage drips off the eaves of our houses, hangs from our trees and is in the brick sidewalks under our feet…we feel it when we enter the doors of our historic homes and we see it everywhere, yet it is slipping from us, day by day, and being replaced by ugly storefronts, joints and honky-tonks.” Two days later, the subject was raised again when the president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation visited the city and met with the Chamber of Commerce. Local businessmen saw the connection between history and tourism and quickly adopted the cause. Committees were formed and a plan to save buildings as part of a “colonial village” was revived. Over the next several months, the goals of preserving the oldest parts of Puddle Dock and taking advantage of urban renewal funding to improve the area were combined. Page 58 �Strawbery Banke, Inc. was founded in November 1958. Dorothy Vaughan was a leader of the project along with local businessmen and their wives. In May of that year, the City had approved a $200,000 twentyyear bond, $800,000 in federal funding The Governor Goodwin House and Stoodley’s was authorized in Tavern moved to new sites in Strawbery Banke. (1964 City Annual Report) 1959, and state law was amended to allow for restoration as a form of redevelopment. The one million dollars covered the purchase of all the buildings, relocation costs, selective demolition, and sitework. Site Plan of proposed Strawbery Banke area as acquired through urban renewal (1962 City Annual Report) Page 59 Touted as a unique urban renewal project, it still involved displacement of residents. Over one hundred families received $100 in moving expenses. Most of them were low-income renters who moved to other apartments, into public housing, or moved in with relatives. Some were bitter over the loss of their homes. Others felt their lives improved, since many of the old houses had lacked modern amenities such as full bathrooms and central heat. People moved out in 1962, and site clearing was complete within two years. About a third of the buildings were saved, based on their age and significance, but more than forty houses were demolished. Fundraising began for the $37,000 that would be Strawbery Banke, Inc.’s purchase price for the ten-acre site and remaining buildings. �Phase II - The North End At the same time, however, a second, larger urban renewal project was being proposed for the North End, roughly bounded by Hanover, High and Bridge streets. This area of narrow streets and old homes, considered over-crowded, run-down and a fire hazard, was the main route by which traffic came into downtown from the north and west on Routes 4 and 16. Plans were to reconfigure the traffic pattern and create a new gateway. This was seen as a potential location for modern business, such as a shopping mall, or a site for a new city hall. “Coming in from the Concord area and into Portsmouth, you’re coming into rumble-tumble town.” ~Ted Connors, former Director of Portsmouth Housing Authority and former Mayor of Portsmouth 1964 Map of urban renewal projects (1964 City Annual Report) Looking down Deer Street toward waterfront (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Page 60 �What Happened Next? Portsmouth’s population remained at around 26,000 for over three decades. Pease bombers never saw combat, although the 157th Air Refueling Wing of the Air National Guard, based at Pease since the mid-1960s, flew logistical support to troops in Vietnam. Air bases were designed to have a lifespan of twenty-five years, but Pease served for thirty-five years, until the end of the Cold War. When it closed in 1991, along with bases throughout the country during the same period, Portsmouth had a sudden drop in population numbers. Over the next two decades, the site was cleared of Air Force-related buildings and redeveloped into a business park that now houses many of the region’s largest employers today. The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard built its last new submarine in 1969 and now specializes in the repair and refueling of nuclear subs. As of 2020, there were about 8,000 civilian workers and 1,000 officers and enlisted personnel stationed there. Several new shopping plazas were built in the 1960s, beginning the transformation of Route 1 and Woodbury Avenue into commercial strips. Newington’s first department store was built in 1966, the forerunner of the 1974 Newington Mall, now The Crossings. Southgate Plaza on Lafayette Road opened in the late 1960s. Drisco House interior as interpreted to the 1950s (Courtesy of Strawbery Banke Museum) Page 61 The Shapleigh Drisco House in 1961 (Historic American Building Survey) The precursor to the parking garage was a two-level deck built in 1964 (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Strawbery Banke began restoration work in 1962, and the museum opened in 1965. More buildings were gradually restored to represent many periods throughout Portsmouth’s history. The 1950s were recreated in the Drisco House duplex when it was restored in the 1980s. The museum played a major role in the expansion of tourism during the second half of the 20th century. �Urban renewal proceeded in the North End after federal funding was approved in 1966. Building removal started in 1969 and took several years, in what turned out to be one of the last big urban renewal projects in the country. Portsmouth Preservation, Inc. was able to save and restore about a dozen houses on “The Hill” at High and Deer streets. Twenty-six acres were cleared of over 300 buildings, relocating about 200 families and small businesses. Demolition on Maplewood Avenue in the North End in the early ‘70s (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) Moving houses to The Hill, about 1970 (Portsmouth Athenaeum) The old railroad station remained on Deer Street as removal of North End buildings began (Courtesy of the Portsmouth Athenaeum) The project created a blank slate on which the recent history of Portsmouth was drawn. The remaining old homes in Portsmouth became all the more valuable in the long run. Interest in historic preservation increased and a local arts scene developed. While shopping malls replaced downtown businesses, Portsmouth turned to specialty shops and restaurants. Then, in the early 2000s, the cleared land in the North End became the site of Portsmouth’s latest building boom. “So what we’re seeing is a seismic shift in the local culture and economy from a Navy town to a shift back to the late 1800s view of ‘The Old Town by the Sea’ as a potential tourist and cultural mecca, plus a new service industry hub.” – J. Dennis Robinson, Portsmouth historian Page 62 �Timeline Key dates in Portsmouth and nationwide from the end of World War II to the Vietnam War Date 1945 1946 1946 1946 1946 1947 1947 1947 1947 1948 1948 1949 1949 1949 1949 1950 1950 1950 1950 1951 1952 1952 1952 Event Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 6 and 9, and V-J Day marked the end of World War II, August 14 Mayor Mary Dondero and others travel to Washington, DC to meet with President Truman and secure further work for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) 1.5 million vehicles over the Interstate/Sarah Mildred Long Bridge on the Route 1 Bypass US Army Air Force acquires Portsmouth Airport from the Navy First Elwyn Park subdivision plan filed Planning begins for new interstate highway, now I-95, from Massachusetts to Maine The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan offer assistance to countries threatened by communism US Air Force established as a military branch, separate from the Army House Un-American Activities Committee investigates alleged Communists Soviet blockade of West Berlin on June 24 marks the first Cold War conflict, “Berlin Airlift” by US and allies delivers supplies President Truman issues Executive Order 9981 requiring equal treatment and opportunity in the armed forces regardless of race NATO is formed as an anti-Soviet military alliance in April Soviet Union detonates its first atomic bomb, August 29 East Germany becomes a satellite state of Soviet Union, October Communist Party establishes People’s Republic of China, October Senator McCarthy in a speech claims over 200 state department employees are on a list of known communists Gurney Bill provides Federal funding for National Guard armories New Hampshire Turnpike (I-95) and Portsmouth traffic circle built Start of Korean War, June Portsmouth selected as Air Force Base site Pease land acquisition began Precursor to the Berlin Wall, barbed wire, 39' high erected between East and West Germany as border is closed Last scheduled passenger train from Boston to Portland Page 63 �1952 1952 1953 1953 1953 1953 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1955 1955 1955 1955 1956 1956 1956 1956 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1957 1958 1958 1958 1958 1958 Dwight D. Eisenhower, World War II general, elected president and served two terms; Richard Nixon is vice-president US tests hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific, November Albacore submarine launched from PNSY End of Korean War, July Portsmouth Housing Authority formed Soviets test hydrogen bomb, August Army-McCarthy hearings broadcast live on television 3 million+ vehicles over the Interstate/Sarah Mildred Long Bridge on the Route 1 Bypass City receives million-dollar Prescott Trust Fund for Prescott Park City parking lots constructed Portsmouth Air Force Base official ground-breaking McCarthy hearings Construction of Portsmouth High School begins Warsaw Pact forms a communist military alliance China begins to develop nuclear weapons Portsmouth Housing Authority urban renewal study of Puddle Dock and South End Portsmouth Air Force Base active, 100th Bombardment Wing Elwyn Park, Meadowbrook Park, and Woodlawn Circle/Hillcrest Drive developments all under construction Construction of first nuclear submarines begins at the PNSY Suez Canal crisis Eisenhower pledges aid to countries fighting communism in the Middle East Portsmouth Air Force Base renamed Pease Air Force Base Dorothy Vaughan gives preservation speech to Rotary Club, June 20 New Portsmouth High School opens in fall Soviets launched the Sputnik satellite, October 4 Strawbery Banke incorporated, November 18 US puts first satellite, Explorer, into orbit in January Paul A. Doble Army Reserve Center on Cottage Street constructed 509th Bombardment Wing transferred to Pease AFB NH Army National Guard Armory built on McGee Drive Local chapter of NAACP formed Page 64 �1958 1959 1959 1959 1959 1959 1960 1960 1961 1961 1962 1962 1962 1962 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1963 1964 1964 1964 1964 1965 1965 1966 Permits issued for construction of 125 new buildings Gosling Meadows, first public housing built by the city South End Urban Renewal & Redevelopment Project approved Permits issued for 177 new buildings Pease employs upwards of 3,000 people and houses a total base-related population of over 10,000 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard had 8,400+ employees Mary Dondero Memorial School in Elwyn Park opens John F. Kennedy elected president, narrowly beating Nixon High-Hanover parking lot created Berlin Wall built to prevent defection of East Germans to the west Cuban Missile Crisis, US and USSR come as close as ever to nuclear war State Pier Marine terminal construction begins on Noble’s Island High school addition completed New hospital built on Junkins Avenue (now City Hall) Seacoast Council on Race and Religion (SCORR) formed Portsmouth Housing Authority initiates Vaughan Street urban renewal USS Thresher sub lost at sea; 129 died and 149 local children left fatherless Nuclear Test Ban Treaty - US, Great Britain, and Soviet Union agree to suspend nuclear weapons testing Addition to Portsmouth Junior High/Middle School Woodbury Manor public senior housing built on Woodbury Avenue President John F. Kennedy assassinated, November 22 John F. Kennedy Memorial Recreation Center opened in remodeled armory building on Parrott Avenue Civil Rights Act signed into law High-Hanover parking deck built Seacoast Shipyard Association formed to “Save Our Shipyard” from threatened closure Peirce Island Sewage Treatment Plant completed Vietnam War - US sends combat troops to South Vietnam, March Strawbery Banke Museum opens NH Air National Guard 157th Air Refueling Wing relocated to Pease Air Force Base Page 65 �Bibliography Primary Sources New Hampshire Profiles Portsmouth Athenaeum vertical files Portsmouth, City of, Annual Reports Portsmouth City Directories. The Portsmouth Herald and Seacoast online. Portsmouth High School yearbook, The Clipper. U.S. Population Census Historic Photographs Portsmouth Athenaeum Bechtel Corporation, Inc. 1990 “Pease Air Force Base Comprehensive Redevelopment Plan.” Collection of New Hampshire State Library, Concord, NH. Berkeley, Lt. Colonel William R. 1953 Portsmouth Air Base: A Chronological History and Study of its Community Relations. Published by the United States Air Force. Collection of New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH. Bolster, W. Jeffrey (editor) 2002 Cross-Grained and Wily Waters: A Guide to the Piscataqua Maritime Region. Portsmouth, NH: Peter E. Randall Publisher. Portsmouth Public Library Thayer Cumings Library, Strawbery Banke. Secondary Sources Achilles, Steven E. 2009 Portsmouth Firefighting – Images of America. Arcadia Publishing Company. Baumguart, Kenneth, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2010 “Paul A. Doble U.S. Army Reserve Inventory Form,” on file at New Hampshire Division of Historic Resources (NHDHR), Concord, NH. Brighton, Raymond A. 1979 They Came to Fish, Vols. One and Two. Reprinted 1994. Portsmouth, Peter E. Randall Publisher. Brighton, Ray 1982 The Prescott Story. Portsmouth, NH: Peter E. Randall Publisher for Portsmouth Marine Society. Candee, Richard M. 2006 Building Portsmouth: The Neighborhoods and Architecture of New Hampshire’s Oldest City, Revised and Expanded. Portsmouth, NH: Portsmouth Advocates, Inc. Page 66 �Garvin, James L. 2004 “New Hampshire Good Roads Projects, 1904-2004,” New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources, Concord. Preservation Company 2005 “US Route 1 Bypass Project Area Form,” on file at NHDHR, Concord, NH. Lawry, Nelson H., Glen M. Williford and Leo K. Polaski 2004 Images of America: Portsmouth Harbor’s Military and Naval Heritage. Arcadia Publishing: Portsmouth, NH. Preservation Company 2010 “ Maine-New Hampshire Connections Study Summary Report on Historic Resources,” prepared for Maine DOT and NHDOT. Lawson, Russell M. 2003 Portsmouth: An Old Town by the Sea. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. McMahon, Charles 2013 Legendary Locals of Portsmouth. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. Munton, Alex, Susan Goodwin, and Don LaPointe, et. al. 1978 Cradle of American Shipbuilding: A History of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Published by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Openo, Woodward D. 1988 The Sarah Mildred Long Bridge. Portsmouth: Peter E. Randall Publisher. Pope, Laura (ed.) 2013 Portsmouth Women: Madams & Matriarchs who Shaped New Hampshire’s Port City. The History Press. Pope, Laura (ed.) 2017 Becoming Portsmouth: Voices from a Half Century of Change. The History Press. Page 67 Public Archaeology Lab 2016 “Downtown Portsmouth Historic District - National Register of Historic Places Nomination.” Rice, John. 1998 Granite Wings: A history of the New Hampshire Air National Guard: 1947-1998. Robinson, J. Dennis 2007 Strawbery Banke: A Seaport Museum 400 Years in the Making. Portsmouth, NH: Peter E. Randall Publisher. Robinson, J. Dennis 2019 Music Hall: How a City Built a Theater and a Theater Shaped a City. Great Life Press. Rutter, William, SAIC, Inc. 2009 “Pease Airforce Base Area Form,” on file at NHDHR, Concord, NH. Saltonstall, William G. 1987 Ports of the Piscataqua. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc. �Sammons, Mark J. 1997 Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth, New Hampshire Official Guidebook. Portsmouth, NH: Peter Randall Publisher. Sammons Mark J. and Valerie Cunningham 2004 Black Portsmouth: Three Centuries of African-American Heritage. Durham, NH: University of New Hampshire Press. Warren, William T. and Constance S. 2001 Then and Now – Portsmouth. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. Watterson, Rodney K. 2016 Boomtown Portsmouth: The World War II Transformation of a Quiet New England Seaport. Portsmouth, NH: Piscataqua Press Whittaker, Robert H. 1993 Portsmouth-Kittery Naval Shipyard in Old Photographs. Dover, NH: Alan Sutton Publishing. Whitehouse, Harold Jr. 2008 Home by Nine: the Real South End. Portsmouth, NH: Peter E. Randall Publisher Wills, Kate and Amanda Taylor, Kleinfelden 2012 “Bersum Gardens Historic District Area Form,” on file at NHDHR. Winslow, Richard E, III 2000 'Do Your Job!': An Illustrated Bicentennial History of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, 1800-2000. Portsmouth, NH: Peter E. Randall for the Portsmouth Marine Society. Interviews Sherman Pridham grew up in Puddle Dock in the South End. Sherm often volunteers with Strawbery Banke to share his memories of growing up in the neighborhood before urban renewal and the creation of the museum. Ted Connors grew up in the West End of Portsmouth and was elected mayor in 1963 at age 26. He was the director of the Portsmouth Housing Authority from 1968 until 2005. Valerie Cunningham has lived in Portsmouth her entire life and is the founder of the Portsmouth Black History Trail. She was an early member of the NAACP when it formed in New Hampshire. Sarah (Ludlow) Bodge grew up in the South End and was well known for her dancing and acrobatic abilities. The community raised money to send her to perform on the Ted Mack Hour in New York City in 1951, and she later became a professional performer. Kevin MacLeod grew up downtown and in the North End. His family owned a local business, Yoken’s Restaurant, which was a local landmark and community hub. S. Lorraine Boston grew up in the West End and in Atlantic Heights. She continues to live in Portsmouth and is proud of her hometown. Harold Whitehouse, Jr. was born in Portsmouth and still lives in the South End. He served in the Navy and worked for the Portsmouth Herald for many years. He has written a memoir about growing up in Portsmouth. Page 68 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cold War Portsmouth Subject The topic of the resource Cold War Portsmouth (N.H.) 1950s Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (U.S.) Pease Air Force Base Description An account of the resource The Cold War was a 45-year standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. In the years following WWII, the US and the USSR began building and testing atomic weapons and the threat of nuclear annihilation was never far from anyone’s mind. Thus began a nuclear stalemate that would last until the 1990s. <br /><br />Arguably, it was the 1950s that experienced the strongest impact of the standoff. America had just survived WWII and now had to watch an arms race escalate on their tv sets. Bomb shelters were built and school children practiced attack drills. Films turned atomically mutated creatures into horrifying monsters while the public vilified Hollywood actors accused of being communists. And the space race began. It was in 1957 that Sputnik was launched by the Russians and the US followed suit one year later with Explorer I and President Eisenhower signing a public order that created NASA. <br /><br />The major events that were happening on the global stage catalyzed change in Portsmouth. The 1950s were a time of rapid growth as the Seacoast Region was transformed by military expansion. <br /><br />Pease Air Force Base was built to house bomber jets capable of delivering nuclear bombs to the Soviet Union, and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard transitioned to the production of nuclear-powered, fully submersible submarines. Between 1950 and 1960, Portsmouth’s population increased by about 8,600 people to reach 26,900, which was larger than the current population of around 22,000. This era saw the birth of the “Baby Boomers” when World War II veterans had growing families. Transportation, mobility, and popular culture were transformed, and the vintage style now known as “Mid-century Modern” was new. Housing developments of colonial capes and ranch houses were built at the outer edges of the city. Highways bypassed the downtown to move an increasing number of automobiles on the roads. Businesses flourished and began to move out of town as well. <br /><br />This collection serves as historical documentation of Portsmouth's economic, social, and cultural life during the Cold War period. Historical photos and citizens' recollections were used to capture a snapshot of what life was like in Portsmouth during the Cold War - from where people lived, shopped, and ate to urban renewal and other social and cultural aspects of daily life. <br /><br />The items in this collection were created by Preservation Company (Kensington, NH) in collaboration with the City of Portsmouth's Community Development Department and the NH Division of Historic Resources as part of an agreement when the federal Paul A. Doble Army Reserve Center was transferred to the City for its adaptation and reuse as the new Senior Activity Center. <span>This historic and photo documentation mitigation effort was funded with Portsmouth Community Development Block Grant Funds.</span><br /><br />On May 18th, Portsmouth Public Library hosted a program in conjunction with Portsmouth's Community Development. The program included a screening of the Cold War video included in this collection, along with recollections shared by former and current Portsmouth citizens about life during the 1950s. You can view the recording of this program on the library's <a href="https://youtu.be/RHs81R8v6so" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">YouTube channel</a>. 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Title A name given to the resource Cold War Portsmouth: A Snapshot of Life in the 1950s Booklet Subject The topic of the resource Cold War Portsmouth (N.H.) 1950s Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Pease Air Force Base Description An account of the resource A social and historical context photo research document of the City of Portsmouth during the mid-twentieth century. This booklet was created as per an agreement between the City of Portsmouth and NH Division of Historic Resources when the federal government transferred the Paul A. Doble Army Reserve Center at 125 Cottage Street to the City for the City's adaptive reuse into a new Senior Activity Center. This historic and photo documentation mitigation effort was funded with Portsmouth Community Development Block Grant Funds. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource City of Portsmouth and Preservation Company Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Community Development, City of Portsmouth Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource © 2020, Materials prepared by Preservation Company for the City of Portsmouth, All rights reserved by the City of Portsmouth View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/a0787a4aaba1e80a83fd28ae6285ca4f.mp4 ca417daf2873ed95128ccfd3cffd10db https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/072f3a4727ad82e2255878e94b6cf169.JPG 4327f8e91683749c2bff3c2f63a2478d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cold War Portsmouth Subject The topic of the resource Cold War Portsmouth (N.H.) 1950s Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (U.S.) Pease Air Force Base Description An account of the resource The Cold War was a 45-year standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. In the years following WWII, the US and the USSR began building and testing atomic weapons and the threat of nuclear annihilation was never far from anyone’s mind. Thus began a nuclear stalemate that would last until the 1990s. <br /><br />Arguably, it was the 1950s that experienced the strongest impact of the standoff. America had just survived WWII and now had to watch an arms race escalate on their tv sets. Bomb shelters were built and school children practiced attack drills. Films turned atomically mutated creatures into horrifying monsters while the public vilified Hollywood actors accused of being communists. And the space race began. It was in 1957 that Sputnik was launched by the Russians and the US followed suit one year later with Explorer I and President Eisenhower signing a public order that created NASA. <br /><br />The major events that were happening on the global stage catalyzed change in Portsmouth. The 1950s were a time of rapid growth as the Seacoast Region was transformed by military expansion. <br /><br />Pease Air Force Base was built to house bomber jets capable of delivering nuclear bombs to the Soviet Union, and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard transitioned to the production of nuclear-powered, fully submersible submarines. Between 1950 and 1960, Portsmouth’s population increased by about 8,600 people to reach 26,900, which was larger than the current population of around 22,000. This era saw the birth of the “Baby Boomers” when World War II veterans had growing families. Transportation, mobility, and popular culture were transformed, and the vintage style now known as “Mid-century Modern” was new. Housing developments of colonial capes and ranch houses were built at the outer edges of the city. Highways bypassed the downtown to move an increasing number of automobiles on the roads. Businesses flourished and began to move out of town as well. <br /><br />This collection serves as historical documentation of Portsmouth's economic, social, and cultural life during the Cold War period. Historical photos and citizens' recollections were used to capture a snapshot of what life was like in Portsmouth during the Cold War - from where people lived, shopped, and ate to urban renewal and other social and cultural aspects of daily life. <br /><br />The items in this collection were created by Preservation Company (Kensington, NH) in collaboration with the City of Portsmouth's Community Development Department and the NH Division of Historic Resources as part of an agreement when the federal Paul A. Doble Army Reserve Center was transferred to the City for its adaptation and reuse as the new Senior Activity Center. <span>This historic and photo documentation mitigation effort was funded with Portsmouth Community Development Block Grant Funds.</span><br /><br />On May 18th, Portsmouth Public Library hosted a program in conjunction with Portsmouth's Community Development. The program included a screening of the Cold War video included in this collection, along with recollections shared by former and current Portsmouth citizens about life during the 1950s. You can view the recording of this program on the library's <a href="https://youtu.be/RHs81R8v6so" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">YouTube channel</a>. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource City of Portsmouth and Preservation Company Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cold War Portsmouth Collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource © 2020, Materials prepared by Preservation Company for the City of Portsmouth, All rights reserved by the City of Portsmouth. View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF MP4 Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text MovingImage Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Metadata and Omeka entry by K. Czajkowski, May 2021 Moving Image A series of visual representations that, when shown in succession, impart an impression of motion. Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 15 m 35 s Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cold War Portsmouth: A Snapshot of Life in the 1950s Video Subject The topic of the resource Cold War Portsmouth (N.H.) 1950s Pease Air Force Base Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Description An account of the resource This 16-minute video provides an overview of what life was like in Portsmouth, New Hampshire during the 1950s. The video was produced by Preservation Company for the City of Portsmouth in collaboration with the New Hampshire Division of Historic Resources and funded with Portsmouth Community Development Block Grant funds.<br /><br />Sources for the video include the Portsmouth Athenaeum, Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth Public Library, and interviews with Sherm Pridham, Ted Connors, Valerie Cunningham, Sarah Bodge, Kevin MacLeod, S. Lorraine Boston, and Harold Whitehouse, Jr. <br /><br />This video is also available on the City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire's YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44THcW2Lh2s" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44THcW2Lh2s</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource City of Portsmouth and Preservation Company Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Community Development, City of Portsmouth Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource © 2020, Materials prepared by Preservation Company for the City of Portsmouth, All rights reserved by the City of Portsmouth View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource MP4 Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource MovingImage https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/0f48a7788ecb3dcbf60752d047065df1.jpg b596d98fec85f7f80f8b0f12121c2c03 https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/9885c422dfd8a267259cb845774574b6.jpg 50d0f6797a7ea67832ea772d440b4859 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Louis J. Mackles Postcard Subject The topic of the resource Postcards of Buildings and Scenes of Portsmouth and other Seacoast Locations Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Louis J. Mackles was the collector of these postcards. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis J. Mackles collected postcards depicting a variety of locations. The large collection was divided up by vicinity by the donor and deposited in locally appropriate collections. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by Ross Moldoff and family, May 2015. Digitized, Spring 2016. Collection rehoused, Spring 2016 Digital Collection created in OMEKA, June 2016. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Collected by Louis J. Mackles. Digitized by Jessica Ross, Volunteer assistance from Wynn Welch, Spring 2016. Omeka addition and metadata by Jessica Ross. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction. Relation A related resource This is a small part of a larger collection. Other parts of the collection may be found in.... Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files. Type The nature or genre of the resource This collection of 400+ postcards are a mixture of U.S. printed, and foreign printed standards postcards. They were created for tourist/commercial reasons, but capture interesting historic views of the Portsmouth and Seacoast area. If written on and mailed, they serve an additional layer of historical importance to family historians and genealogists. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Portsmouth and the Seacoast, NH. Description An account of the resource This collection of 400+ postcards, depicting buildings and scenes of Portsmouth and the Seacoast area, was donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by the family of Louis J. Mackles in May of 2015. It was given specifically by Ross A. Moldoff, Gloria F. Moldoff and Harold Moldoff, who felt the collection should be made available for study and enjoyment. The rehousing of the physical collection into archival albums was made possible by the Moldoffs as well. Mr. Mackles collected postcards throughout his life. This collection, only a small portion of a much larger number, left behind for family and friends to enjoy, is an interesting historic journey through the Seacoast. Some buildings depicted are long gone while multiple postcards of the same building show the progression of time. Postcards (aka "post cards") became popular at the turn of the 20th Century, after being introduced to the U.S. during the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893. Used primarily for sending short messages to friends and relatives, people collected them immediately as mementos of a trip or journey, historical events, holidays, etc. They were sold to tourists and often advertised local businesses. Individuals created real photograph postcards to send home to relatives when travelling abroad as well. Immigrants to the U.S. often had photos taken when they arrived at their destination to send home to their native countries. DELTIOLOGY is the hobby of collecting postcards according to Merriam-Webster, but more broadly it is considered the collection, study, and preservation of picture postcards for fun, recreation, relaxation, and enjoyment – and for the historical preservation of life in years past [As described by the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors http://www.aape.org/collectingpicturepostcardsver17jul.asp]. The Mackles collection was primarily published in the U.S. and Germany and contains many different types of postcards. The standard photo cards, printed and colored or tinted cards, several fold-out strips which became popular in the 1950’s, as well as miniature postcards. Major Louis J. Mackles, USAR (Born in Brownsville, Texas, October 4, 1923. Died at Pease Air Force Base, September 6, 1987) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Excerpted from obituary in the Portsmouth Herald, September 8, 1987: ‘…Maj. Mackles attended A&M and UNH, receiving a master’s degree with high honors in chemical engineering. He served in the Philippines during World War II, retiring as a major in the U.S. Army Reserves. He was the recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He retired after 30 years as head of the Radiation Control branch of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard working with Adm. Rickover. Maj. Mackles was a consultant for L.P.I. Engineering in Dover until April 1987. He was a member of Temple Israel, NARFE, Wentworth and Pease Golf Club, the National Association of Technical Supervisors and the Registered Maine State Board of Professional Engineers…’ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ His family kindly provided a copy of the eulogy given in his honor, transcribed as follows: Eulogy for Louis Mackles – Label ben Yudel U’Miriam – d. 9/6/87: 12 Elul We are gathered here today to mourn the passing of Louis Mackles, Label ben Yudel u Miriam, and to speak about his life. Lou, as everyone called him, was born October 4, 1923, the second of two sons, to Idel and Mary Mackles, in Brownsville, TX, and grew up in Galveston, TX. As a young man, he attended Texas A & M for two years. In 1942, when the U.S. entered WWII, he enlisted in the Army. After achieving the rank of Corporal, he was sent to Officers Candidates School in New England. In 1944, before being sent overseas, Lou and his fellow Jewish soldiers attended services at Temple Israel of Portsmouth. Then Rabbi Oscar Fleishaker had urged his congregant families to welcome the Jewish soldiers, and so it was that Lou met Charlotte, the girl he was to marry. Lou was commissioned a second Lt. and sent to the Philippines. During an enemy attack, Lou Mackles, despite being wounded himself, saved the life of a wounded comrade, and refused to leave his men. In addition to his wounds, he developed pneumonia from exposure and might have died, had friendly natives not taken him to an Army field hospital – a three-day journey on foot. Army doctors saved his life. Lou was awarded a Bronze Star for bravery under fire. He also gained a lifelong respect and love for the Army, and it was his wish, in the last days of his life, to be treated in a military hospital, this time at Pease Air Force Base. Following the war, Lou served in the Army Reserves, finally retiring with the rank of Major. After his discharge at the war’s end, Lou married Charlotte in Boston on Jan.1, 1946. He then attended the University of NH, attaining his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering, becoming a professional engineer licensed in both NH and Maine. Son Glenn was born during this period. Then followed a 3-year stint in Wash., DC, where Lou worked for the Bureau of Standards. Thereafter, the family settled permanently in Portsmouth, where daughter Linda was born. Lou took a job at the Navy Yard, where he spent approximately 35 years, working his way up to head of the Radiation Division, building nuclear submarines. Lou was part of the team that produced the Albacore, among other submarines, he served under the legendary Adm. Hyman Rickover. During his years at the yard, he was honored by being asked to present a gold plate to the sponsor of a nuclear sub – which Navy Yard personnel regarded as the highest honor attainable. But more importantly, Lou was well-respected and liked greatly by his colleagues at work, many of whom stayed in touch over the years. It is symbolic of how well-liked he was that old service buddies and friends from work would stay in touch. When Lou became ill, friends would often call the family to find out how he was doing. About 10 years ago, Lou retired from the Yard and worked as a consultant for a private engineering firm in Dover. What sort of man was Lou Mackles? Though I myself arrived in Portsmouth only during the last months of his life, I have the testimony of those who knew and loved him. His family and friends can testify that he was a quiet, soft-spoken man who never said an unkind word about anyone else. I can tell you that he loved children, and was happy to serve as Scoutmaster in a boy scout troop when his children were young. But is more of an eloquent tribute to his memory that, when the little boy who lived across the way from the Mackles was told of Lou’s death, he burst into tears. Lou worked hard, often putting in 18-hours days at the Yard, but he was devoted to his family as well. He was proud of his children’s accomplishments, and loved them unquestioningly. He was also especially close to his nieces and nephews, and was godfather to many of them. As for hobbies, Lou was especially good with his hands. He enjoyed gardening, photography, furniture finishing, and working around the house. He himself did much of the work on the home which he and Charlotte built on Moebus Drive. Golf was a great love, as well. But Lou’s sense of involvement went beyond job, family and hobbies. Having been raised in a traditional family, he retained a strong respect for Judaism, leading him to become an active member of Temple Israel. He served on the Religious Committee, volunteered as an usher on the High Holidays, and helped run the bingo program. Even when he became ill, he refused to take his medicine on Yom Kippur, preferring to fast completely. When, 6 years ago, Lou discovered he had cancer, he determined to fight it. Recalling his WWII bout with combat wounds and pneumonia, he said, “I was supposed to be a goner in the Philippines, but God gave me 40 more good years.” He fought with courage and determination that serve as an example to us all. Lou was a quiet man who never complained, who did not wish to be a burden on anyone. But he was a fighter to the end, a self-made man who loved life, who loved people, who made every minute count of the years he was given. His memory will be cherished by all who knew him. Our religion speaks of the resurrection of the righteous dead. It is one of the most fundamental beliefs of our faith, but one of the most difficult to comprehend. I myself believe that our resurrection depends, not only upon the grade of God, but on the memories we leave our friends and loved ones. Anyone who touched as many lives as did Lou Mackles will surely merit resurrection and eternal life. He will be deeply missed. __________________________________________________________________________________________ This collection was digitized by Jessica Ross with volunteer help by Wynn Welch, Spring/Summer 2016. Please see below for copyright information. Please contact the Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Room, if you have any questions. 603-766-1720. Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Put whatever you want in here. --title::Mackles Postcard Collection --text::This collection of 400+ postcards, depicting buildings and scenes of Portsmouth and the Seacoast area, was donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by the family of Louis J. Mackles in May of 2015 --images::975,1367 Postcard Inscription Front Handwriting found on the front of each postcard. "There will be a Committee meeting as the Church room Tours Thursday evening Sept 5 at 7-30. Chairperson Mrs. Albert Entwirthe[?] Candy Table Inscription Back Handwriting found on the back of each postcard "Margaret Fletcher Market St. City Care J.P. Sweetser" PPL Acc. # 2015.1-419 Postmark Sep 2, 1907 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old Wentworth Mansion Subject The topic of the resource Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion, 375 Little Harbor Rd., Portsmouth, NH Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource City of Portsmouth, NH Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis J. Mackles Collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Relation A related resource Additional portions of the Louis J. Mackles Collection may be housed at the Rye Historical Society, the New Castle Historical Society, the Portsmouth Navy Yard and with a single, private collector. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG derived from TFF Type The nature or genre of the resource Paper postcard Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Volume 2, Portsmouth Historic Houses #239-240 Gov. 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Subject The topic of the resource Sons & Daughters of Portsmouth Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource City of Portsmouth, NH Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1873 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource printed, bound text https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/241fe22343432298b9173be04f244bb4.pdf d1759713e038e32608a0d0530fcdccf8 PDF Text Text � Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. 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Title A name given to the resource Badge - Return of the Sons & Daughters of Portsmouth Commemoration Ribbon Subject The topic of the resource Sons & Daughters of Portsmouth Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource City of Portsmouth, NH Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Vertical Files, Portsmouth Public Library Special Collections Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1910 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Textile https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/c6bf8dd36495136f65559624b5a2346e.jpg 721d5d0ab67801974c40e91d75a2a14f https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/5abd48aad42dad5fddc3604de0ccea81.jpg a6305a1571fe9ea83d9dbc35cc2444c4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Louis J. Mackles Postcard Subject The topic of the resource Postcards of Buildings and Scenes of Portsmouth and other Seacoast Locations Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Louis J. Mackles was the collector of these postcards. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis J. Mackles collected postcards depicting a variety of locations. The large collection was divided up by vicinity by the donor and deposited in locally appropriate collections. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by Ross Moldoff and family, May 2015. Digitized, Spring 2016. Collection rehoused, Spring 2016 Digital Collection created in OMEKA, June 2016. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Collected by Louis J. Mackles. Digitized by Jessica Ross, Volunteer assistance from Wynn Welch, Spring 2016. Omeka addition and metadata by Jessica Ross. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction. Relation A related resource This is a small part of a larger collection. Other parts of the collection may be found in.... Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files. Type The nature or genre of the resource This collection of 400+ postcards are a mixture of U.S. printed, and foreign printed standards postcards. They were created for tourist/commercial reasons, but capture interesting historic views of the Portsmouth and Seacoast area. If written on and mailed, they serve an additional layer of historical importance to family historians and genealogists. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Portsmouth and the Seacoast, NH. Description An account of the resource This collection of 400+ postcards, depicting buildings and scenes of Portsmouth and the Seacoast area, was donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by the family of Louis J. Mackles in May of 2015. It was given specifically by Ross A. Moldoff, Gloria F. Moldoff and Harold Moldoff, who felt the collection should be made available for study and enjoyment. The rehousing of the physical collection into archival albums was made possible by the Moldoffs as well. Mr. Mackles collected postcards throughout his life. This collection, only a small portion of a much larger number, left behind for family and friends to enjoy, is an interesting historic journey through the Seacoast. Some buildings depicted are long gone while multiple postcards of the same building show the progression of time. Postcards (aka "post cards") became popular at the turn of the 20th Century, after being introduced to the U.S. during the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893. Used primarily for sending short messages to friends and relatives, people collected them immediately as mementos of a trip or journey, historical events, holidays, etc. They were sold to tourists and often advertised local businesses. Individuals created real photograph postcards to send home to relatives when travelling abroad as well. Immigrants to the U.S. often had photos taken when they arrived at their destination to send home to their native countries. DELTIOLOGY is the hobby of collecting postcards according to Merriam-Webster, but more broadly it is considered the collection, study, and preservation of picture postcards for fun, recreation, relaxation, and enjoyment – and for the historical preservation of life in years past [As described by the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors http://www.aape.org/collectingpicturepostcardsver17jul.asp]. The Mackles collection was primarily published in the U.S. and Germany and contains many different types of postcards. The standard photo cards, printed and colored or tinted cards, several fold-out strips which became popular in the 1950’s, as well as miniature postcards. Major Louis J. Mackles, USAR (Born in Brownsville, Texas, October 4, 1923. Died at Pease Air Force Base, September 6, 1987) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Excerpted from obituary in the Portsmouth Herald, September 8, 1987: ‘…Maj. Mackles attended A&M and UNH, receiving a master’s degree with high honors in chemical engineering. He served in the Philippines during World War II, retiring as a major in the U.S. Army Reserves. He was the recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He retired after 30 years as head of the Radiation Control branch of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard working with Adm. Rickover. Maj. Mackles was a consultant for L.P.I. Engineering in Dover until April 1987. He was a member of Temple Israel, NARFE, Wentworth and Pease Golf Club, the National Association of Technical Supervisors and the Registered Maine State Board of Professional Engineers…’ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ His family kindly provided a copy of the eulogy given in his honor, transcribed as follows: Eulogy for Louis Mackles – Label ben Yudel U’Miriam – d. 9/6/87: 12 Elul We are gathered here today to mourn the passing of Louis Mackles, Label ben Yudel u Miriam, and to speak about his life. Lou, as everyone called him, was born October 4, 1923, the second of two sons, to Idel and Mary Mackles, in Brownsville, TX, and grew up in Galveston, TX. As a young man, he attended Texas A & M for two years. In 1942, when the U.S. entered WWII, he enlisted in the Army. After achieving the rank of Corporal, he was sent to Officers Candidates School in New England. In 1944, before being sent overseas, Lou and his fellow Jewish soldiers attended services at Temple Israel of Portsmouth. Then Rabbi Oscar Fleishaker had urged his congregant families to welcome the Jewish soldiers, and so it was that Lou met Charlotte, the girl he was to marry. Lou was commissioned a second Lt. and sent to the Philippines. During an enemy attack, Lou Mackles, despite being wounded himself, saved the life of a wounded comrade, and refused to leave his men. In addition to his wounds, he developed pneumonia from exposure and might have died, had friendly natives not taken him to an Army field hospital – a three-day journey on foot. Army doctors saved his life. Lou was awarded a Bronze Star for bravery under fire. He also gained a lifelong respect and love for the Army, and it was his wish, in the last days of his life, to be treated in a military hospital, this time at Pease Air Force Base. Following the war, Lou served in the Army Reserves, finally retiring with the rank of Major. After his discharge at the war’s end, Lou married Charlotte in Boston on Jan.1, 1946. He then attended the University of NH, attaining his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering, becoming a professional engineer licensed in both NH and Maine. Son Glenn was born during this period. Then followed a 3-year stint in Wash., DC, where Lou worked for the Bureau of Standards. Thereafter, the family settled permanently in Portsmouth, where daughter Linda was born. Lou took a job at the Navy Yard, where he spent approximately 35 years, working his way up to head of the Radiation Division, building nuclear submarines. Lou was part of the team that produced the Albacore, among other submarines, he served under the legendary Adm. Hyman Rickover. During his years at the yard, he was honored by being asked to present a gold plate to the sponsor of a nuclear sub – which Navy Yard personnel regarded as the highest honor attainable. But more importantly, Lou was well-respected and liked greatly by his colleagues at work, many of whom stayed in touch over the years. It is symbolic of how well-liked he was that old service buddies and friends from work would stay in touch. When Lou became ill, friends would often call the family to find out how he was doing. About 10 years ago, Lou retired from the Yard and worked as a consultant for a private engineering firm in Dover. What sort of man was Lou Mackles? Though I myself arrived in Portsmouth only during the last months of his life, I have the testimony of those who knew and loved him. His family and friends can testify that he was a quiet, soft-spoken man who never said an unkind word about anyone else. I can tell you that he loved children, and was happy to serve as Scoutmaster in a boy scout troop when his children were young. But is more of an eloquent tribute to his memory that, when the little boy who lived across the way from the Mackles was told of Lou’s death, he burst into tears. Lou worked hard, often putting in 18-hours days at the Yard, but he was devoted to his family as well. He was proud of his children’s accomplishments, and loved them unquestioningly. He was also especially close to his nieces and nephews, and was godfather to many of them. As for hobbies, Lou was especially good with his hands. He enjoyed gardening, photography, furniture finishing, and working around the house. He himself did much of the work on the home which he and Charlotte built on Moebus Drive. Golf was a great love, as well. But Lou’s sense of involvement went beyond job, family and hobbies. Having been raised in a traditional family, he retained a strong respect for Judaism, leading him to become an active member of Temple Israel. He served on the Religious Committee, volunteered as an usher on the High Holidays, and helped run the bingo program. Even when he became ill, he refused to take his medicine on Yom Kippur, preferring to fast completely. When, 6 years ago, Lou discovered he had cancer, he determined to fight it. Recalling his WWII bout with combat wounds and pneumonia, he said, “I was supposed to be a goner in the Philippines, but God gave me 40 more good years.” He fought with courage and determination that serve as an example to us all. Lou was a quiet man who never complained, who did not wish to be a burden on anyone. But he was a fighter to the end, a self-made man who loved life, who loved people, who made every minute count of the years he was given. His memory will be cherished by all who knew him. Our religion speaks of the resurrection of the righteous dead. It is one of the most fundamental beliefs of our faith, but one of the most difficult to comprehend. I myself believe that our resurrection depends, not only upon the grade of God, but on the memories we leave our friends and loved ones. Anyone who touched as many lives as did Lou Mackles will surely merit resurrection and eternal life. He will be deeply missed. __________________________________________________________________________________________ This collection was digitized by Jessica Ross with volunteer help by Wynn Welch, Spring/Summer 2016. Please see below for copyright information. Please contact the Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Room, if you have any questions. 603-766-1720. Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Put whatever you want in here. --title::Mackles Postcard Collection --text::This collection of 400+ postcards, depicting buildings and scenes of Portsmouth and the Seacoast area, was donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by the family of Louis J. Mackles in May of 2015 --images::975,1367 Postcard Inscription Front Handwriting found on the front of each postcard. "Dear: Mamma We are having a lovely time here now. It has not been fair weather here until today since we came down. IT was a beautiful ride from home to Portsmouth. This is a picture of the church where the school came the day when the teachers and scholars came that Sadie told you about. We went to Kittery, Maine today. From Marion With love" Inscription Back Handwriting found on the back of each postcard "Mrs. Lida M. Chase Seabrook N.H. R.F.D" PPL Acc. # 2015.1-419 Postmark Sep. 6, 1901 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource St. John's Episcopal Church Subject The topic of the resource St. John's Episcopal Church, 100 Chapel St., Portsmouth, NH Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource City of Portsmouth. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis J. Mackles Collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Relation A related resource Additional portions of the Louis J. Mackles Collection may be housed at the Rye Historical Society, the New Castle Historical Society, the Portsmouth Navy Yard and with a single, private collector. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG derived from TFF Type The nature or genre of the resource Paper postcard Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Volume 3, Portsmouth Religious Institutions #29-30 Chapel St. history local history Mackles Collection Portsmouth postcard St. John's St. John's Episcopal Church https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/5a92211ba648c941e77cc4af5873a536.jpg 98fca9ebf0706f8fecfb2249ddf7ed55 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925. Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017. Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PPL-MS 1925.1 Subject The topic of the resource Historic bookplates Description An account of the resource A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan. One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts. Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949. Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011. Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will. These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction. Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Put whatever you want in here. --title::The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection <br />--text::A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material by local artist and musician, Helen Pearson, from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies.<br />--images::1814,1551 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. 3 and ¾”H x 2 and ¾”W Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bookplate for Louise E. Winterburn Subject The topic of the resource Bookplates Description An account of the resource A heraldic-style bookplate in black ink on ivory paper featuring a coat of arms on a simplified shield, which bears three hound's heads and three crosslet crosses. The shield is topped with a wreath bearing a rampant hound facing left and holding a dagger. A banner beneath reads "Amicis semper fidelis," which translates from Latin to "always faithful friend." Above is the text "Ex libris" and beneath is the name Louise E. Winterburn. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Clarence Crossley Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Jpg derived from Tif Type The nature or genre of the resource StillImage Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PPL-MS: 1925.1.275 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1926 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pearson, Helen (1870-1949) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>. Language A language of the resource eng lat bookplate ex libris heraldic Pearson https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/5769a16ad4a0eb35cab5e7ea7a664397.jpg 01689a2068d739e772cdbc9221164865 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Helen Pearson was the original collector of these bookplates. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Collected and arranged by Helen Pearson & Dorothy Vaughan, beginning 1925. Digitization and database creation, Jessica Ross, Spring/Summer 2017. Omeka additions and metadata, R. Nielsen, 2023. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PPL-MS 1925.1 Subject The topic of the resource Historic bookplates Description An account of the resource A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material from local artist and musician Helen Pearson. These bookplates were accumulated from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies. The collection was initially created and organized by Pearson. It arrived at Portsmouth Public Library as a bequest upon her passing on August 19, 1949. The collection was added to and at least partially mounted by then Library Director, Dorothy Vaughan. One of the highlights of this collection is Pearson's own bookplate, sketched by her in 1927 and inspired by a comet she saw in Portsmouth. Born Nov. 13, 1870, Pearson was a Portsmouth native and raised in an artistic family. Her father, Amos Pearson, was a florist and music teacher originally from Ipswich, MA. Pearson's mother, Susan, also from Portsmouth, was both an artist and musician as well. The Pearson family boarded local artists, including Susan's sister, Mary E.B. Miller. Miller, who earned her living as a portrait painter, lived with the family for much of Pearson’s childhood. Other tenants in the Pearson home included illustrator Max Parrish and Ulysses Tenney, best known for his portraits of New Hampshire statesman, notably Franklin Pierce. Pearson was an accomplished concert pianist and attended Cowles Art School in Boston and was known for her pen and ink drawings in local publications. She spent time in both Boston and New York but preferred to live in Portsmouth where she continued her father's nursery and served as a patron of the arts. Bookplates have existed since the fifteenth century and serve today as both historical records of ownership as well as biographical, societal, institutional, artistic and/or cultural statements. Various letters that accompany this bookplate collection acknowledge Pearson's interest in the artistic quality of the bookplates and the individuality displayed in each. Her collection features bookplates from around the globe and range from simple, typographic inserts for institutions to elaborate personal bookplates for European royalty. They have been digitized here for greater accessibility. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource The materials were first arranged first by Helen Pearson and then Library Director Dorothy Vaughan between the years of 1925 and 1949. Nicole Luongo Cloutier, Reference & Special Collections Supervisor, added these items to the city inventory and assigned an accession number to them on April 25, 2011. Jessica Ross, Special Collections Librarian, created the finding aid and inventory of materials and began digitally scanning the bookplates individually in January of 2017. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This collection was transferred to the Portsmouth Public Library from the estate of Helen Pearson upon her death in 1949 according to the terms of her will. These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction. Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Put whatever you want in here. --title::The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection <br />--text::A collection of 336+ historic bookplates and corresponding material by local artist and musician, Helen Pearson, from her travels, acquaintances, other collectors and membership into several national and international bookplate societies.<br />--images::1814,1551 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. 2 and ¾”H x 2 and ½”W Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bookplate for Charlotte Gleason Davis Subject The topic of the resource Bookplates Description An account of the resource A pictorial-style bookplate in brown ink on ivory paper with the text "Ex libris Charlotte Gleason Davis" at the center. Surrounding the text is an illustration featuring columns to either side, and five winged cherubs. Two cherubs at the bottom are flanking an open book. A handwritten note on the back states that this bookplate was part of the Hovey Collection. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Claude Bragdon, Rochester, NY Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Helen Pearson Bookplate Collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Jpg derived from Tif Type The nature or genre of the resource StillImage Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PPL-MS: 1925.1.059 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Pearson, Helen (1870-1949) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="https://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a>. Language A language of the resource eng bookplate davis ex libris Pearson pictorial typographic https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/74859ef4ee2050ccdcd4aeaeb3c50a5c.jpg c97a705c6ebfd3a41f8bbb2cde8a636d https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/ac7cdf76ef03128935b4ae7b4bc5e122.jpg 966fd4b31593d2a21535119805ba4ca7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Louis J. Mackles Postcard Subject The topic of the resource Postcards of Buildings and Scenes of Portsmouth and other Seacoast Locations Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Louis J. Mackles was the collector of these postcards. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis J. Mackles collected postcards depicting a variety of locations. The large collection was divided up by vicinity by the donor and deposited in locally appropriate collections. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by Ross Moldoff and family, May 2015. Digitized, Spring 2016. Collection rehoused, Spring 2016 Digital Collection created in OMEKA, June 2016. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Collected by Louis J. Mackles. Digitized by Jessica Ross, Volunteer assistance from Wynn Welch, Spring 2016. Omeka addition and metadata by Jessica Ross. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction. Relation A related resource This is a small part of a larger collection. Other parts of the collection may be found in.... Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files. Type The nature or genre of the resource This collection of 400+ postcards are a mixture of U.S. printed, and foreign printed standards postcards. They were created for tourist/commercial reasons, but capture interesting historic views of the Portsmouth and Seacoast area. If written on and mailed, they serve an additional layer of historical importance to family historians and genealogists. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Portsmouth and the Seacoast, NH. Description An account of the resource This collection of 400+ postcards, depicting buildings and scenes of Portsmouth and the Seacoast area, was donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by the family of Louis J. Mackles in May of 2015. It was given specifically by Ross A. Moldoff, Gloria F. Moldoff and Harold Moldoff, who felt the collection should be made available for study and enjoyment. The rehousing of the physical collection into archival albums was made possible by the Moldoffs as well. Mr. Mackles collected postcards throughout his life. This collection, only a small portion of a much larger number, left behind for family and friends to enjoy, is an interesting historic journey through the Seacoast. Some buildings depicted are long gone while multiple postcards of the same building show the progression of time. Postcards (aka "post cards") became popular at the turn of the 20th Century, after being introduced to the U.S. during the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893. Used primarily for sending short messages to friends and relatives, people collected them immediately as mementos of a trip or journey, historical events, holidays, etc. They were sold to tourists and often advertised local businesses. Individuals created real photograph postcards to send home to relatives when travelling abroad as well. Immigrants to the U.S. often had photos taken when they arrived at their destination to send home to their native countries. DELTIOLOGY is the hobby of collecting postcards according to Merriam-Webster, but more broadly it is considered the collection, study, and preservation of picture postcards for fun, recreation, relaxation, and enjoyment – and for the historical preservation of life in years past [As described by the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors http://www.aape.org/collectingpicturepostcardsver17jul.asp]. The Mackles collection was primarily published in the U.S. and Germany and contains many different types of postcards. The standard photo cards, printed and colored or tinted cards, several fold-out strips which became popular in the 1950’s, as well as miniature postcards. Major Louis J. Mackles, USAR (Born in Brownsville, Texas, October 4, 1923. Died at Pease Air Force Base, September 6, 1987) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Excerpted from obituary in the Portsmouth Herald, September 8, 1987: ‘…Maj. Mackles attended A&M and UNH, receiving a master’s degree with high honors in chemical engineering. He served in the Philippines during World War II, retiring as a major in the U.S. Army Reserves. He was the recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He retired after 30 years as head of the Radiation Control branch of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard working with Adm. Rickover. Maj. Mackles was a consultant for L.P.I. Engineering in Dover until April 1987. He was a member of Temple Israel, NARFE, Wentworth and Pease Golf Club, the National Association of Technical Supervisors and the Registered Maine State Board of Professional Engineers…’ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ His family kindly provided a copy of the eulogy given in his honor, transcribed as follows: Eulogy for Louis Mackles – Label ben Yudel U’Miriam – d. 9/6/87: 12 Elul We are gathered here today to mourn the passing of Louis Mackles, Label ben Yudel u Miriam, and to speak about his life. Lou, as everyone called him, was born October 4, 1923, the second of two sons, to Idel and Mary Mackles, in Brownsville, TX, and grew up in Galveston, TX. As a young man, he attended Texas A & M for two years. In 1942, when the U.S. entered WWII, he enlisted in the Army. After achieving the rank of Corporal, he was sent to Officers Candidates School in New England. In 1944, before being sent overseas, Lou and his fellow Jewish soldiers attended services at Temple Israel of Portsmouth. Then Rabbi Oscar Fleishaker had urged his congregant families to welcome the Jewish soldiers, and so it was that Lou met Charlotte, the girl he was to marry. Lou was commissioned a second Lt. and sent to the Philippines. During an enemy attack, Lou Mackles, despite being wounded himself, saved the life of a wounded comrade, and refused to leave his men. In addition to his wounds, he developed pneumonia from exposure and might have died, had friendly natives not taken him to an Army field hospital – a three-day journey on foot. Army doctors saved his life. Lou was awarded a Bronze Star for bravery under fire. He also gained a lifelong respect and love for the Army, and it was his wish, in the last days of his life, to be treated in a military hospital, this time at Pease Air Force Base. Following the war, Lou served in the Army Reserves, finally retiring with the rank of Major. After his discharge at the war’s end, Lou married Charlotte in Boston on Jan.1, 1946. He then attended the University of NH, attaining his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering, becoming a professional engineer licensed in both NH and Maine. Son Glenn was born during this period. Then followed a 3-year stint in Wash., DC, where Lou worked for the Bureau of Standards. Thereafter, the family settled permanently in Portsmouth, where daughter Linda was born. Lou took a job at the Navy Yard, where he spent approximately 35 years, working his way up to head of the Radiation Division, building nuclear submarines. Lou was part of the team that produced the Albacore, among other submarines, he served under the legendary Adm. Hyman Rickover. During his years at the yard, he was honored by being asked to present a gold plate to the sponsor of a nuclear sub – which Navy Yard personnel regarded as the highest honor attainable. But more importantly, Lou was well-respected and liked greatly by his colleagues at work, many of whom stayed in touch over the years. It is symbolic of how well-liked he was that old service buddies and friends from work would stay in touch. When Lou became ill, friends would often call the family to find out how he was doing. About 10 years ago, Lou retired from the Yard and worked as a consultant for a private engineering firm in Dover. What sort of man was Lou Mackles? Though I myself arrived in Portsmouth only during the last months of his life, I have the testimony of those who knew and loved him. His family and friends can testify that he was a quiet, soft-spoken man who never said an unkind word about anyone else. I can tell you that he loved children, and was happy to serve as Scoutmaster in a boy scout troop when his children were young. But is more of an eloquent tribute to his memory that, when the little boy who lived across the way from the Mackles was told of Lou’s death, he burst into tears. Lou worked hard, often putting in 18-hours days at the Yard, but he was devoted to his family as well. He was proud of his children’s accomplishments, and loved them unquestioningly. He was also especially close to his nieces and nephews, and was godfather to many of them. As for hobbies, Lou was especially good with his hands. He enjoyed gardening, photography, furniture finishing, and working around the house. He himself did much of the work on the home which he and Charlotte built on Moebus Drive. Golf was a great love, as well. But Lou’s sense of involvement went beyond job, family and hobbies. Having been raised in a traditional family, he retained a strong respect for Judaism, leading him to become an active member of Temple Israel. He served on the Religious Committee, volunteered as an usher on the High Holidays, and helped run the bingo program. Even when he became ill, he refused to take his medicine on Yom Kippur, preferring to fast completely. When, 6 years ago, Lou discovered he had cancer, he determined to fight it. Recalling his WWII bout with combat wounds and pneumonia, he said, “I was supposed to be a goner in the Philippines, but God gave me 40 more good years.” He fought with courage and determination that serve as an example to us all. Lou was a quiet man who never complained, who did not wish to be a burden on anyone. But he was a fighter to the end, a self-made man who loved life, who loved people, who made every minute count of the years he was given. His memory will be cherished by all who knew him. Our religion speaks of the resurrection of the righteous dead. It is one of the most fundamental beliefs of our faith, but one of the most difficult to comprehend. I myself believe that our resurrection depends, not only upon the grade of God, but on the memories we leave our friends and loved ones. Anyone who touched as many lives as did Lou Mackles will surely merit resurrection and eternal life. He will be deeply missed. __________________________________________________________________________________________ This collection was digitized by Jessica Ross with volunteer help by Wynn Welch, Spring/Summer 2016. Please see below for copyright information. Please contact the Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Room, if you have any questions. 603-766-1720. Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Put whatever you want in here. --title::Mackles Postcard Collection --text::This collection of 400+ postcards, depicting buildings and scenes of Portsmouth and the Seacoast area, was donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by the family of Louis J. Mackles in May of 2015 --images::975,1367 Postcard PPL Acc. # 2015.1-419 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ham's New Location Subject The topic of the resource Ham's New Location, Route 1, Lafayette Road, Portsmouth, NH Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Colourpicture Publications, Cambridge, Mass. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis J. Mackles Collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Relation A related resource Additional portions of the Louis J. Mackles Collection may be available through the Rye Historical Society, the Newcastle Historical Society, the Portsmouth Navy Yard and a single private collector. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG derived from TFF Type The nature or genre of the resource Paper postcard Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Volume 1, Portsmouth Buildings #23-24 Ham's history Lafayette Rd. local history Mackles Collection Portsmouth postcard https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/28d280d8cc8b8c3edb9d472b5c8f3e02.jpg d6e4981c19f10234231ac522b71b5f36 https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/fff91638ca6f006bbeca5be8477bc2b1.jpg ca2f53f467727eef70f9875f147e7ddb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Louis J. Mackles Postcard Subject The topic of the resource Postcards of Buildings and Scenes of Portsmouth and other Seacoast Locations Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Louis J. Mackles was the collector of these postcards. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis J. Mackles collected postcards depicting a variety of locations. The large collection was divided up by vicinity by the donor and deposited in locally appropriate collections. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by Ross Moldoff and family, May 2015. Digitized, Spring 2016. Collection rehoused, Spring 2016 Digital Collection created in OMEKA, June 2016. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Collected by Louis J. Mackles. Digitized by Jessica Ross, Volunteer assistance from Wynn Welch, Spring 2016. Omeka addition and metadata by Jessica Ross. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction. Relation A related resource This is a small part of a larger collection. Other parts of the collection may be found in.... Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files. Type The nature or genre of the resource This collection of 400+ postcards are a mixture of U.S. printed, and foreign printed standards postcards. They were created for tourist/commercial reasons, but capture interesting historic views of the Portsmouth and Seacoast area. If written on and mailed, they serve an additional layer of historical importance to family historians and genealogists. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Portsmouth and the Seacoast, NH. Description An account of the resource This collection of 400+ postcards, depicting buildings and scenes of Portsmouth and the Seacoast area, was donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by the family of Louis J. Mackles in May of 2015. It was given specifically by Ross A. Moldoff, Gloria F. Moldoff and Harold Moldoff, who felt the collection should be made available for study and enjoyment. The rehousing of the physical collection into archival albums was made possible by the Moldoffs as well. Mr. Mackles collected postcards throughout his life. This collection, only a small portion of a much larger number, left behind for family and friends to enjoy, is an interesting historic journey through the Seacoast. Some buildings depicted are long gone while multiple postcards of the same building show the progression of time. Postcards (aka "post cards") became popular at the turn of the 20th Century, after being introduced to the U.S. during the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893. Used primarily for sending short messages to friends and relatives, people collected them immediately as mementos of a trip or journey, historical events, holidays, etc. They were sold to tourists and often advertised local businesses. Individuals created real photograph postcards to send home to relatives when travelling abroad as well. Immigrants to the U.S. often had photos taken when they arrived at their destination to send home to their native countries. DELTIOLOGY is the hobby of collecting postcards according to Merriam-Webster, but more broadly it is considered the collection, study, and preservation of picture postcards for fun, recreation, relaxation, and enjoyment – and for the historical preservation of life in years past [As described by the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors http://www.aape.org/collectingpicturepostcardsver17jul.asp]. The Mackles collection was primarily published in the U.S. and Germany and contains many different types of postcards. The standard photo cards, printed and colored or tinted cards, several fold-out strips which became popular in the 1950’s, as well as miniature postcards. Major Louis J. Mackles, USAR (Born in Brownsville, Texas, October 4, 1923. Died at Pease Air Force Base, September 6, 1987) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Excerpted from obituary in the Portsmouth Herald, September 8, 1987: ‘…Maj. Mackles attended A&M and UNH, receiving a master’s degree with high honors in chemical engineering. He served in the Philippines during World War II, retiring as a major in the U.S. Army Reserves. He was the recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He retired after 30 years as head of the Radiation Control branch of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard working with Adm. Rickover. Maj. Mackles was a consultant for L.P.I. Engineering in Dover until April 1987. He was a member of Temple Israel, NARFE, Wentworth and Pease Golf Club, the National Association of Technical Supervisors and the Registered Maine State Board of Professional Engineers…’ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ His family kindly provided a copy of the eulogy given in his honor, transcribed as follows: Eulogy for Louis Mackles – Label ben Yudel U’Miriam – d. 9/6/87: 12 Elul We are gathered here today to mourn the passing of Louis Mackles, Label ben Yudel u Miriam, and to speak about his life. Lou, as everyone called him, was born October 4, 1923, the second of two sons, to Idel and Mary Mackles, in Brownsville, TX, and grew up in Galveston, TX. As a young man, he attended Texas A & M for two years. In 1942, when the U.S. entered WWII, he enlisted in the Army. After achieving the rank of Corporal, he was sent to Officers Candidates School in New England. In 1944, before being sent overseas, Lou and his fellow Jewish soldiers attended services at Temple Israel of Portsmouth. Then Rabbi Oscar Fleishaker had urged his congregant families to welcome the Jewish soldiers, and so it was that Lou met Charlotte, the girl he was to marry. Lou was commissioned a second Lt. and sent to the Philippines. During an enemy attack, Lou Mackles, despite being wounded himself, saved the life of a wounded comrade, and refused to leave his men. In addition to his wounds, he developed pneumonia from exposure and might have died, had friendly natives not taken him to an Army field hospital – a three-day journey on foot. Army doctors saved his life. Lou was awarded a Bronze Star for bravery under fire. He also gained a lifelong respect and love for the Army, and it was his wish, in the last days of his life, to be treated in a military hospital, this time at Pease Air Force Base. Following the war, Lou served in the Army Reserves, finally retiring with the rank of Major. After his discharge at the war’s end, Lou married Charlotte in Boston on Jan.1, 1946. He then attended the University of NH, attaining his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering, becoming a professional engineer licensed in both NH and Maine. Son Glenn was born during this period. Then followed a 3-year stint in Wash., DC, where Lou worked for the Bureau of Standards. Thereafter, the family settled permanently in Portsmouth, where daughter Linda was born. Lou took a job at the Navy Yard, where he spent approximately 35 years, working his way up to head of the Radiation Division, building nuclear submarines. Lou was part of the team that produced the Albacore, among other submarines, he served under the legendary Adm. Hyman Rickover. During his years at the yard, he was honored by being asked to present a gold plate to the sponsor of a nuclear sub – which Navy Yard personnel regarded as the highest honor attainable. But more importantly, Lou was well-respected and liked greatly by his colleagues at work, many of whom stayed in touch over the years. It is symbolic of how well-liked he was that old service buddies and friends from work would stay in touch. When Lou became ill, friends would often call the family to find out how he was doing. About 10 years ago, Lou retired from the Yard and worked as a consultant for a private engineering firm in Dover. What sort of man was Lou Mackles? Though I myself arrived in Portsmouth only during the last months of his life, I have the testimony of those who knew and loved him. His family and friends can testify that he was a quiet, soft-spoken man who never said an unkind word about anyone else. I can tell you that he loved children, and was happy to serve as Scoutmaster in a boy scout troop when his children were young. But is more of an eloquent tribute to his memory that, when the little boy who lived across the way from the Mackles was told of Lou’s death, he burst into tears. Lou worked hard, often putting in 18-hours days at the Yard, but he was devoted to his family as well. He was proud of his children’s accomplishments, and loved them unquestioningly. He was also especially close to his nieces and nephews, and was godfather to many of them. As for hobbies, Lou was especially good with his hands. He enjoyed gardening, photography, furniture finishing, and working around the house. He himself did much of the work on the home which he and Charlotte built on Moebus Drive. Golf was a great love, as well. But Lou’s sense of involvement went beyond job, family and hobbies. Having been raised in a traditional family, he retained a strong respect for Judaism, leading him to become an active member of Temple Israel. He served on the Religious Committee, volunteered as an usher on the High Holidays, and helped run the bingo program. Even when he became ill, he refused to take his medicine on Yom Kippur, preferring to fast completely. When, 6 years ago, Lou discovered he had cancer, he determined to fight it. Recalling his WWII bout with combat wounds and pneumonia, he said, “I was supposed to be a goner in the Philippines, but God gave me 40 more good years.” He fought with courage and determination that serve as an example to us all. Lou was a quiet man who never complained, who did not wish to be a burden on anyone. But he was a fighter to the end, a self-made man who loved life, who loved people, who made every minute count of the years he was given. His memory will be cherished by all who knew him. Our religion speaks of the resurrection of the righteous dead. It is one of the most fundamental beliefs of our faith, but one of the most difficult to comprehend. I myself believe that our resurrection depends, not only upon the grade of God, but on the memories we leave our friends and loved ones. Anyone who touched as many lives as did Lou Mackles will surely merit resurrection and eternal life. He will be deeply missed. __________________________________________________________________________________________ This collection was digitized by Jessica Ross with volunteer help by Wynn Welch, Spring/Summer 2016. Please see below for copyright information. Please contact the Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Room, if you have any questions. 603-766-1720. Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Put whatever you want in here. --title::Mackles Postcard Collection --text::This collection of 400+ postcards, depicting buildings and scenes of Portsmouth and the Seacoast area, was donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by the family of Louis J. Mackles in May of 2015 --images::975,1367 Postcard Inscription Back Handwriting found on the back of each postcard "Purchased at the Langdon Mansion on 9/2/84" PPL Acc. # 2015.1-419 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Langdon Mansion Memorial Subject The topic of the resource Langdon Mansion, 143 Pleasant St., Portsmouth, NH Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Colourpicture, Boston, Mass. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis J. Mackles Collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Relation A related resource Additional portions of the Louis J. Mackles Collection may be housed at the Rye Historical Society, the New Castle Historical Society, the Portsmouth Navy Yard and with a single, private collector. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG derived from TFF Type The nature or genre of the resource Paper postcard Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Volume 2, Portsmouth Historic Houses #123-124 Gov. John Langdon history Langdon Mansion local history Mackles Collection Pleasant St. Portsmouth postcard https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/7047a03eb37154d19ddf0199b471e0a1.jpg 9f7c9bd12679cb907416a8ceb22d6bc6 https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/ac9a7a2112edf5cecf65fa287996ee3c.jpg e80f3dbd04e0a39021fe55c8d79e4302 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Louis J. Mackles Postcard Subject The topic of the resource Postcards of Buildings and Scenes of Portsmouth and other Seacoast Locations Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Louis J. Mackles was the collector of these postcards. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis J. Mackles collected postcards depicting a variety of locations. The large collection was divided up by vicinity by the donor and deposited in locally appropriate collections. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by Ross Moldoff and family, May 2015. Digitized, Spring 2016. Collection rehoused, Spring 2016 Digital Collection created in OMEKA, June 2016. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Collected by Louis J. Mackles. Digitized by Jessica Ross, Volunteer assistance from Wynn Welch, Spring 2016. Omeka addition and metadata by Jessica Ross. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction. Relation A related resource This is a small part of a larger collection. Other parts of the collection may be found in.... Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files. Type The nature or genre of the resource This collection of 400+ postcards are a mixture of U.S. printed, and foreign printed standards postcards. They were created for tourist/commercial reasons, but capture interesting historic views of the Portsmouth and Seacoast area. If written on and mailed, they serve an additional layer of historical importance to family historians and genealogists. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Portsmouth and the Seacoast, NH. Description An account of the resource This collection of 400+ postcards, depicting buildings and scenes of Portsmouth and the Seacoast area, was donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by the family of Louis J. Mackles in May of 2015. It was given specifically by Ross A. Moldoff, Gloria F. Moldoff and Harold Moldoff, who felt the collection should be made available for study and enjoyment. The rehousing of the physical collection into archival albums was made possible by the Moldoffs as well. Mr. Mackles collected postcards throughout his life. This collection, only a small portion of a much larger number, left behind for family and friends to enjoy, is an interesting historic journey through the Seacoast. Some buildings depicted are long gone while multiple postcards of the same building show the progression of time. Postcards (aka "post cards") became popular at the turn of the 20th Century, after being introduced to the U.S. during the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893. Used primarily for sending short messages to friends and relatives, people collected them immediately as mementos of a trip or journey, historical events, holidays, etc. They were sold to tourists and often advertised local businesses. Individuals created real photograph postcards to send home to relatives when travelling abroad as well. Immigrants to the U.S. often had photos taken when they arrived at their destination to send home to their native countries. DELTIOLOGY is the hobby of collecting postcards according to Merriam-Webster, but more broadly it is considered the collection, study, and preservation of picture postcards for fun, recreation, relaxation, and enjoyment – and for the historical preservation of life in years past [As described by the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors http://www.aape.org/collectingpicturepostcardsver17jul.asp]. The Mackles collection was primarily published in the U.S. and Germany and contains many different types of postcards. The standard photo cards, printed and colored or tinted cards, several fold-out strips which became popular in the 1950’s, as well as miniature postcards. Major Louis J. Mackles, USAR (Born in Brownsville, Texas, October 4, 1923. Died at Pease Air Force Base, September 6, 1987) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Excerpted from obituary in the Portsmouth Herald, September 8, 1987: ‘…Maj. Mackles attended A&M and UNH, receiving a master’s degree with high honors in chemical engineering. He served in the Philippines during World War II, retiring as a major in the U.S. Army Reserves. He was the recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He retired after 30 years as head of the Radiation Control branch of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard working with Adm. Rickover. Maj. Mackles was a consultant for L.P.I. Engineering in Dover until April 1987. He was a member of Temple Israel, NARFE, Wentworth and Pease Golf Club, the National Association of Technical Supervisors and the Registered Maine State Board of Professional Engineers…’ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ His family kindly provided a copy of the eulogy given in his honor, transcribed as follows: Eulogy for Louis Mackles – Label ben Yudel U’Miriam – d. 9/6/87: 12 Elul We are gathered here today to mourn the passing of Louis Mackles, Label ben Yudel u Miriam, and to speak about his life. Lou, as everyone called him, was born October 4, 1923, the second of two sons, to Idel and Mary Mackles, in Brownsville, TX, and grew up in Galveston, TX. As a young man, he attended Texas A & M for two years. In 1942, when the U.S. entered WWII, he enlisted in the Army. After achieving the rank of Corporal, he was sent to Officers Candidates School in New England. In 1944, before being sent overseas, Lou and his fellow Jewish soldiers attended services at Temple Israel of Portsmouth. Then Rabbi Oscar Fleishaker had urged his congregant families to welcome the Jewish soldiers, and so it was that Lou met Charlotte, the girl he was to marry. Lou was commissioned a second Lt. and sent to the Philippines. During an enemy attack, Lou Mackles, despite being wounded himself, saved the life of a wounded comrade, and refused to leave his men. In addition to his wounds, he developed pneumonia from exposure and might have died, had friendly natives not taken him to an Army field hospital – a three-day journey on foot. Army doctors saved his life. Lou was awarded a Bronze Star for bravery under fire. He also gained a lifelong respect and love for the Army, and it was his wish, in the last days of his life, to be treated in a military hospital, this time at Pease Air Force Base. Following the war, Lou served in the Army Reserves, finally retiring with the rank of Major. After his discharge at the war’s end, Lou married Charlotte in Boston on Jan.1, 1946. He then attended the University of NH, attaining his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering, becoming a professional engineer licensed in both NH and Maine. Son Glenn was born during this period. Then followed a 3-year stint in Wash., DC, where Lou worked for the Bureau of Standards. Thereafter, the family settled permanently in Portsmouth, where daughter Linda was born. Lou took a job at the Navy Yard, where he spent approximately 35 years, working his way up to head of the Radiation Division, building nuclear submarines. Lou was part of the team that produced the Albacore, among other submarines, he served under the legendary Adm. Hyman Rickover. During his years at the yard, he was honored by being asked to present a gold plate to the sponsor of a nuclear sub – which Navy Yard personnel regarded as the highest honor attainable. But more importantly, Lou was well-respected and liked greatly by his colleagues at work, many of whom stayed in touch over the years. It is symbolic of how well-liked he was that old service buddies and friends from work would stay in touch. When Lou became ill, friends would often call the family to find out how he was doing. About 10 years ago, Lou retired from the Yard and worked as a consultant for a private engineering firm in Dover. What sort of man was Lou Mackles? Though I myself arrived in Portsmouth only during the last months of his life, I have the testimony of those who knew and loved him. His family and friends can testify that he was a quiet, soft-spoken man who never said an unkind word about anyone else. I can tell you that he loved children, and was happy to serve as Scoutmaster in a boy scout troop when his children were young. But is more of an eloquent tribute to his memory that, when the little boy who lived across the way from the Mackles was told of Lou’s death, he burst into tears. Lou worked hard, often putting in 18-hours days at the Yard, but he was devoted to his family as well. He was proud of his children’s accomplishments, and loved them unquestioningly. He was also especially close to his nieces and nephews, and was godfather to many of them. As for hobbies, Lou was especially good with his hands. He enjoyed gardening, photography, furniture finishing, and working around the house. He himself did much of the work on the home which he and Charlotte built on Moebus Drive. Golf was a great love, as well. But Lou’s sense of involvement went beyond job, family and hobbies. Having been raised in a traditional family, he retained a strong respect for Judaism, leading him to become an active member of Temple Israel. He served on the Religious Committee, volunteered as an usher on the High Holidays, and helped run the bingo program. Even when he became ill, he refused to take his medicine on Yom Kippur, preferring to fast completely. When, 6 years ago, Lou discovered he had cancer, he determined to fight it. Recalling his WWII bout with combat wounds and pneumonia, he said, “I was supposed to be a goner in the Philippines, but God gave me 40 more good years.” He fought with courage and determination that serve as an example to us all. Lou was a quiet man who never complained, who did not wish to be a burden on anyone. But he was a fighter to the end, a self-made man who loved life, who loved people, who made every minute count of the years he was given. His memory will be cherished by all who knew him. Our religion speaks of the resurrection of the righteous dead. It is one of the most fundamental beliefs of our faith, but one of the most difficult to comprehend. I myself believe that our resurrection depends, not only upon the grade of God, but on the memories we leave our friends and loved ones. Anyone who touched as many lives as did Lou Mackles will surely merit resurrection and eternal life. He will be deeply missed. __________________________________________________________________________________________ This collection was digitized by Jessica Ross with volunteer help by Wynn Welch, Spring/Summer 2016. Please see below for copyright information. Please contact the Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Room, if you have any questions. 603-766-1720. Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Put whatever you want in here. --title::Mackles Postcard Collection --text::This collection of 400+ postcards, depicting buildings and scenes of Portsmouth and the Seacoast area, was donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by the family of Louis J. Mackles in May of 2015 --images::975,1367 Postcard PPL Acc. # 2015.1-419 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ocean view Subject The topic of the resource Ocean view, Portsmouth, NH Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource D.F. Borthwick, Portsmouth, NH Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis J. Mackles Collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Relation A related resource Additional portions of the Louis J. Mackles Collection may be found at the Rye Historical Society, the New Castle Historical Society, the Portsmouth Navy Yard and a single private collector. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG derived from TFF Type The nature or genre of the resource Paper postcard Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Volume 3, Portsmouth Bridge and Water Views #15-16 history local history Mackles Collection New Hampshire Portsmouth postcard seacoast https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/2c96d1ba1268764bf83fba745e2155cf.jpg 817ec9947b26e12650241af0d2a6ecd7 https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/217e1b81ee203182b6b8294b7d18ee74.jpg 5b59be35a11a8b0e73855a657e253597 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Louis J. Mackles Postcard Subject The topic of the resource Postcards of Buildings and Scenes of Portsmouth and other Seacoast Locations Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Louis J. Mackles was the collector of these postcards. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis J. Mackles collected postcards depicting a variety of locations. The large collection was divided up by vicinity by the donor and deposited in locally appropriate collections. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by Ross Moldoff and family, May 2015. Digitized, Spring 2016. Collection rehoused, Spring 2016 Digital Collection created in OMEKA, June 2016. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Collected by Louis J. Mackles. Digitized by Jessica Ross, Volunteer assistance from Wynn Welch, Spring 2016. Omeka addition and metadata by Jessica Ross. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction. Relation A related resource This is a small part of a larger collection. Other parts of the collection may be found in.... Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files. Type The nature or genre of the resource This collection of 400+ postcards are a mixture of U.S. printed, and foreign printed standards postcards. They were created for tourist/commercial reasons, but capture interesting historic views of the Portsmouth and Seacoast area. If written on and mailed, they serve an additional layer of historical importance to family historians and genealogists. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Portsmouth and the Seacoast, NH. Description An account of the resource This collection of 400+ postcards, depicting buildings and scenes of Portsmouth and the Seacoast area, was donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by the family of Louis J. Mackles in May of 2015. It was given specifically by Ross A. Moldoff, Gloria F. Moldoff and Harold Moldoff, who felt the collection should be made available for study and enjoyment. The rehousing of the physical collection into archival albums was made possible by the Moldoffs as well. Mr. Mackles collected postcards throughout his life. This collection, only a small portion of a much larger number, left behind for family and friends to enjoy, is an interesting historic journey through the Seacoast. Some buildings depicted are long gone while multiple postcards of the same building show the progression of time. Postcards (aka "post cards") became popular at the turn of the 20th Century, after being introduced to the U.S. during the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893. Used primarily for sending short messages to friends and relatives, people collected them immediately as mementos of a trip or journey, historical events, holidays, etc. They were sold to tourists and often advertised local businesses. Individuals created real photograph postcards to send home to relatives when travelling abroad as well. Immigrants to the U.S. often had photos taken when they arrived at their destination to send home to their native countries. DELTIOLOGY is the hobby of collecting postcards according to Merriam-Webster, but more broadly it is considered the collection, study, and preservation of picture postcards for fun, recreation, relaxation, and enjoyment – and for the historical preservation of life in years past [As described by the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors http://www.aape.org/collectingpicturepostcardsver17jul.asp]. The Mackles collection was primarily published in the U.S. and Germany and contains many different types of postcards. The standard photo cards, printed and colored or tinted cards, several fold-out strips which became popular in the 1950’s, as well as miniature postcards. Major Louis J. Mackles, USAR (Born in Brownsville, Texas, October 4, 1923. Died at Pease Air Force Base, September 6, 1987) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Excerpted from obituary in the Portsmouth Herald, September 8, 1987: ‘…Maj. Mackles attended A&M and UNH, receiving a master’s degree with high honors in chemical engineering. He served in the Philippines during World War II, retiring as a major in the U.S. Army Reserves. He was the recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He retired after 30 years as head of the Radiation Control branch of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard working with Adm. Rickover. Maj. Mackles was a consultant for L.P.I. Engineering in Dover until April 1987. He was a member of Temple Israel, NARFE, Wentworth and Pease Golf Club, the National Association of Technical Supervisors and the Registered Maine State Board of Professional Engineers…’ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ His family kindly provided a copy of the eulogy given in his honor, transcribed as follows: Eulogy for Louis Mackles – Label ben Yudel U’Miriam – d. 9/6/87: 12 Elul We are gathered here today to mourn the passing of Louis Mackles, Label ben Yudel u Miriam, and to speak about his life. Lou, as everyone called him, was born October 4, 1923, the second of two sons, to Idel and Mary Mackles, in Brownsville, TX, and grew up in Galveston, TX. As a young man, he attended Texas A & M for two years. In 1942, when the U.S. entered WWII, he enlisted in the Army. After achieving the rank of Corporal, he was sent to Officers Candidates School in New England. In 1944, before being sent overseas, Lou and his fellow Jewish soldiers attended services at Temple Israel of Portsmouth. Then Rabbi Oscar Fleishaker had urged his congregant families to welcome the Jewish soldiers, and so it was that Lou met Charlotte, the girl he was to marry. Lou was commissioned a second Lt. and sent to the Philippines. During an enemy attack, Lou Mackles, despite being wounded himself, saved the life of a wounded comrade, and refused to leave his men. In addition to his wounds, he developed pneumonia from exposure and might have died, had friendly natives not taken him to an Army field hospital – a three-day journey on foot. Army doctors saved his life. Lou was awarded a Bronze Star for bravery under fire. He also gained a lifelong respect and love for the Army, and it was his wish, in the last days of his life, to be treated in a military hospital, this time at Pease Air Force Base. Following the war, Lou served in the Army Reserves, finally retiring with the rank of Major. After his discharge at the war’s end, Lou married Charlotte in Boston on Jan.1, 1946. He then attended the University of NH, attaining his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering, becoming a professional engineer licensed in both NH and Maine. Son Glenn was born during this period. Then followed a 3-year stint in Wash., DC, where Lou worked for the Bureau of Standards. Thereafter, the family settled permanently in Portsmouth, where daughter Linda was born. Lou took a job at the Navy Yard, where he spent approximately 35 years, working his way up to head of the Radiation Division, building nuclear submarines. Lou was part of the team that produced the Albacore, among other submarines, he served under the legendary Adm. Hyman Rickover. During his years at the yard, he was honored by being asked to present a gold plate to the sponsor of a nuclear sub – which Navy Yard personnel regarded as the highest honor attainable. But more importantly, Lou was well-respected and liked greatly by his colleagues at work, many of whom stayed in touch over the years. It is symbolic of how well-liked he was that old service buddies and friends from work would stay in touch. When Lou became ill, friends would often call the family to find out how he was doing. About 10 years ago, Lou retired from the Yard and worked as a consultant for a private engineering firm in Dover. What sort of man was Lou Mackles? Though I myself arrived in Portsmouth only during the last months of his life, I have the testimony of those who knew and loved him. His family and friends can testify that he was a quiet, soft-spoken man who never said an unkind word about anyone else. I can tell you that he loved children, and was happy to serve as Scoutmaster in a boy scout troop when his children were young. But is more of an eloquent tribute to his memory that, when the little boy who lived across the way from the Mackles was told of Lou’s death, he burst into tears. Lou worked hard, often putting in 18-hours days at the Yard, but he was devoted to his family as well. He was proud of his children’s accomplishments, and loved them unquestioningly. He was also especially close to his nieces and nephews, and was godfather to many of them. As for hobbies, Lou was especially good with his hands. He enjoyed gardening, photography, furniture finishing, and working around the house. He himself did much of the work on the home which he and Charlotte built on Moebus Drive. Golf was a great love, as well. But Lou’s sense of involvement went beyond job, family and hobbies. Having been raised in a traditional family, he retained a strong respect for Judaism, leading him to become an active member of Temple Israel. He served on the Religious Committee, volunteered as an usher on the High Holidays, and helped run the bingo program. Even when he became ill, he refused to take his medicine on Yom Kippur, preferring to fast completely. When, 6 years ago, Lou discovered he had cancer, he determined to fight it. Recalling his WWII bout with combat wounds and pneumonia, he said, “I was supposed to be a goner in the Philippines, but God gave me 40 more good years.” He fought with courage and determination that serve as an example to us all. Lou was a quiet man who never complained, who did not wish to be a burden on anyone. But he was a fighter to the end, a self-made man who loved life, who loved people, who made every minute count of the years he was given. His memory will be cherished by all who knew him. Our religion speaks of the resurrection of the righteous dead. It is one of the most fundamental beliefs of our faith, but one of the most difficult to comprehend. I myself believe that our resurrection depends, not only upon the grade of God, but on the memories we leave our friends and loved ones. Anyone who touched as many lives as did Lou Mackles will surely merit resurrection and eternal life. He will be deeply missed. __________________________________________________________________________________________ This collection was digitized by Jessica Ross with volunteer help by Wynn Welch, Spring/Summer 2016. Please see below for copyright information. Please contact the Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Room, if you have any questions. 603-766-1720. Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Put whatever you want in here. --title::Mackles Postcard Collection --text::This collection of 400+ postcards, depicting buildings and scenes of Portsmouth and the Seacoast area, was donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by the family of Louis J. Mackles in May of 2015 --images::975,1367 Postcard PPL Acc. # 2015.1-419 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sagamore Creek Subject The topic of the resource Sagamore Creek, Portsmouth, NH Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource D.F. Borthwick, Portsmouth, NH Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis J. Mackles Collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Relation A related resource Additional portions of the Louis J. Mackles Collection may be found at the Rye Historical Society, the New Castle Historical Society, the Portsmouth Navy Yard and a single private collector. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG derived from TFF Type The nature or genre of the resource Paper postcard Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Volume 3, Portsmouth Bridge and Water Views #49-50 history local history Mackles Collection New Hampshire Portsmouth postcard Sagamore Ave. Sagamore Bridge Sagamore Creek https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/16496f2f1c1b4134b503877b76285475.jpg 3bd6a0aaaff9cf116ac3c0303b2a50ea https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/78dd69bbb52bfb1ca230ed5b23b277bd.jpg cb95ed5a505d39afee21fd141710ec59 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Louis J. Mackles Postcard Subject The topic of the resource Postcards of Buildings and Scenes of Portsmouth and other Seacoast Locations Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Louis J. Mackles was the collector of these postcards. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis J. Mackles collected postcards depicting a variety of locations. The large collection was divided up by vicinity by the donor and deposited in locally appropriate collections. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by Ross Moldoff and family, May 2015. Digitized, Spring 2016. Collection rehoused, Spring 2016 Digital Collection created in OMEKA, June 2016. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Collected by Louis J. Mackles. Digitized by Jessica Ross, Volunteer assistance from Wynn Welch, Spring 2016. Omeka addition and metadata by Jessica Ross. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction. Relation A related resource This is a small part of a larger collection. Other parts of the collection may be found in.... Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files. Type The nature or genre of the resource This collection of 400+ postcards are a mixture of U.S. printed, and foreign printed standards postcards. They were created for tourist/commercial reasons, but capture interesting historic views of the Portsmouth and Seacoast area. If written on and mailed, they serve an additional layer of historical importance to family historians and genealogists. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Portsmouth and the Seacoast, NH. Description An account of the resource This collection of 400+ postcards, depicting buildings and scenes of Portsmouth and the Seacoast area, was donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by the family of Louis J. Mackles in May of 2015. It was given specifically by Ross A. Moldoff, Gloria F. Moldoff and Harold Moldoff, who felt the collection should be made available for study and enjoyment. The rehousing of the physical collection into archival albums was made possible by the Moldoffs as well. Mr. Mackles collected postcards throughout his life. This collection, only a small portion of a much larger number, left behind for family and friends to enjoy, is an interesting historic journey through the Seacoast. Some buildings depicted are long gone while multiple postcards of the same building show the progression of time. Postcards (aka "post cards") became popular at the turn of the 20th Century, after being introduced to the U.S. during the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893. Used primarily for sending short messages to friends and relatives, people collected them immediately as mementos of a trip or journey, historical events, holidays, etc. They were sold to tourists and often advertised local businesses. Individuals created real photograph postcards to send home to relatives when travelling abroad as well. Immigrants to the U.S. often had photos taken when they arrived at their destination to send home to their native countries. DELTIOLOGY is the hobby of collecting postcards according to Merriam-Webster, but more broadly it is considered the collection, study, and preservation of picture postcards for fun, recreation, relaxation, and enjoyment – and for the historical preservation of life in years past [As described by the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors http://www.aape.org/collectingpicturepostcardsver17jul.asp]. The Mackles collection was primarily published in the U.S. and Germany and contains many different types of postcards. The standard photo cards, printed and colored or tinted cards, several fold-out strips which became popular in the 1950’s, as well as miniature postcards. Major Louis J. Mackles, USAR (Born in Brownsville, Texas, October 4, 1923. Died at Pease Air Force Base, September 6, 1987) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Excerpted from obituary in the Portsmouth Herald, September 8, 1987: ‘…Maj. Mackles attended A&M and UNH, receiving a master’s degree with high honors in chemical engineering. He served in the Philippines during World War II, retiring as a major in the U.S. Army Reserves. He was the recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He retired after 30 years as head of the Radiation Control branch of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard working with Adm. Rickover. Maj. Mackles was a consultant for L.P.I. Engineering in Dover until April 1987. He was a member of Temple Israel, NARFE, Wentworth and Pease Golf Club, the National Association of Technical Supervisors and the Registered Maine State Board of Professional Engineers…’ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ His family kindly provided a copy of the eulogy given in his honor, transcribed as follows: Eulogy for Louis Mackles – Label ben Yudel U’Miriam – d. 9/6/87: 12 Elul We are gathered here today to mourn the passing of Louis Mackles, Label ben Yudel u Miriam, and to speak about his life. Lou, as everyone called him, was born October 4, 1923, the second of two sons, to Idel and Mary Mackles, in Brownsville, TX, and grew up in Galveston, TX. As a young man, he attended Texas A & M for two years. In 1942, when the U.S. entered WWII, he enlisted in the Army. After achieving the rank of Corporal, he was sent to Officers Candidates School in New England. In 1944, before being sent overseas, Lou and his fellow Jewish soldiers attended services at Temple Israel of Portsmouth. Then Rabbi Oscar Fleishaker had urged his congregant families to welcome the Jewish soldiers, and so it was that Lou met Charlotte, the girl he was to marry. Lou was commissioned a second Lt. and sent to the Philippines. During an enemy attack, Lou Mackles, despite being wounded himself, saved the life of a wounded comrade, and refused to leave his men. In addition to his wounds, he developed pneumonia from exposure and might have died, had friendly natives not taken him to an Army field hospital – a three-day journey on foot. Army doctors saved his life. Lou was awarded a Bronze Star for bravery under fire. He also gained a lifelong respect and love for the Army, and it was his wish, in the last days of his life, to be treated in a military hospital, this time at Pease Air Force Base. Following the war, Lou served in the Army Reserves, finally retiring with the rank of Major. After his discharge at the war’s end, Lou married Charlotte in Boston on Jan.1, 1946. He then attended the University of NH, attaining his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering, becoming a professional engineer licensed in both NH and Maine. Son Glenn was born during this period. Then followed a 3-year stint in Wash., DC, where Lou worked for the Bureau of Standards. Thereafter, the family settled permanently in Portsmouth, where daughter Linda was born. Lou took a job at the Navy Yard, where he spent approximately 35 years, working his way up to head of the Radiation Division, building nuclear submarines. Lou was part of the team that produced the Albacore, among other submarines, he served under the legendary Adm. Hyman Rickover. During his years at the yard, he was honored by being asked to present a gold plate to the sponsor of a nuclear sub – which Navy Yard personnel regarded as the highest honor attainable. But more importantly, Lou was well-respected and liked greatly by his colleagues at work, many of whom stayed in touch over the years. It is symbolic of how well-liked he was that old service buddies and friends from work would stay in touch. When Lou became ill, friends would often call the family to find out how he was doing. About 10 years ago, Lou retired from the Yard and worked as a consultant for a private engineering firm in Dover. What sort of man was Lou Mackles? Though I myself arrived in Portsmouth only during the last months of his life, I have the testimony of those who knew and loved him. His family and friends can testify that he was a quiet, soft-spoken man who never said an unkind word about anyone else. I can tell you that he loved children, and was happy to serve as Scoutmaster in a boy scout troop when his children were young. But is more of an eloquent tribute to his memory that, when the little boy who lived across the way from the Mackles was told of Lou’s death, he burst into tears. Lou worked hard, often putting in 18-hours days at the Yard, but he was devoted to his family as well. He was proud of his children’s accomplishments, and loved them unquestioningly. He was also especially close to his nieces and nephews, and was godfather to many of them. As for hobbies, Lou was especially good with his hands. He enjoyed gardening, photography, furniture finishing, and working around the house. He himself did much of the work on the home which he and Charlotte built on Moebus Drive. Golf was a great love, as well. But Lou’s sense of involvement went beyond job, family and hobbies. Having been raised in a traditional family, he retained a strong respect for Judaism, leading him to become an active member of Temple Israel. He served on the Religious Committee, volunteered as an usher on the High Holidays, and helped run the bingo program. Even when he became ill, he refused to take his medicine on Yom Kippur, preferring to fast completely. When, 6 years ago, Lou discovered he had cancer, he determined to fight it. Recalling his WWII bout with combat wounds and pneumonia, he said, “I was supposed to be a goner in the Philippines, but God gave me 40 more good years.” He fought with courage and determination that serve as an example to us all. Lou was a quiet man who never complained, who did not wish to be a burden on anyone. But he was a fighter to the end, a self-made man who loved life, who loved people, who made every minute count of the years he was given. His memory will be cherished by all who knew him. Our religion speaks of the resurrection of the righteous dead. It is one of the most fundamental beliefs of our faith, but one of the most difficult to comprehend. I myself believe that our resurrection depends, not only upon the grade of God, but on the memories we leave our friends and loved ones. Anyone who touched as many lives as did Lou Mackles will surely merit resurrection and eternal life. He will be deeply missed. __________________________________________________________________________________________ This collection was digitized by Jessica Ross with volunteer help by Wynn Welch, Spring/Summer 2016. Please see below for copyright information. Please contact the Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Room, if you have any questions. 603-766-1720. Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Put whatever you want in here. --title::Mackles Postcard Collection --text::This collection of 400+ postcards, depicting buildings and scenes of Portsmouth and the Seacoast area, was donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by the family of Louis J. Mackles in May of 2015 --images::975,1367 Postcard Inscription Back Handwriting found on the back of each postcard "Cora Battis Newton N.H." PPL Acc. # 2015.1-419 Postmark Apr. 19, 1906 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Congress St. Subject The topic of the resource Congress St., Portsmouth, NH Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource D.F. Borthwick, Portsmouth, NH Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis J. Mackles Collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Relation A related resource Additional portions of the Louis J. Mackles Collection may be found at the Rye Historical Society, the New Castle Historical Society, the Portsmouth Navy Yard and a single private collector. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG derived from TFF Type The nature or genre of the resource Paper postcard Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Volume 1, Portsmouth City and Street Views #7-8 Congress St. history local history Mackles Collection New Hampshire North Church Portsmouth postcard https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/80419b1643c25206a1a6abc72fd836cf.jpg c7a63d91275abeb08a1d368880e5243e https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/55fb577fc8f04fbabaf316605cdc333e.jpg 54f3e50296c476e34bdcd24a141a17d5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Louis J. Mackles Postcard Subject The topic of the resource Postcards of Buildings and Scenes of Portsmouth and other Seacoast Locations Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Louis J. Mackles was the collector of these postcards. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis J. Mackles collected postcards depicting a variety of locations. The large collection was divided up by vicinity by the donor and deposited in locally appropriate collections. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by Ross Moldoff and family, May 2015. Digitized, Spring 2016. Collection rehoused, Spring 2016 Digital Collection created in OMEKA, June 2016. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Collected by Louis J. Mackles. Digitized by Jessica Ross, Volunteer assistance from Wynn Welch, Spring 2016. Omeka addition and metadata by Jessica Ross. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource These images are intended for research and reference use only. The library holds copyright to the digital images of this collection. Please see the copyright information page (link at bottom of page) for information about obtaining permission for image use and reproduction. Relation A related resource This is a small part of a larger collection. Other parts of the collection may be found in.... Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource The images appearing in this database are JPG format, they are derived from archival TIF files. Type The nature or genre of the resource This collection of 400+ postcards are a mixture of U.S. printed, and foreign printed standards postcards. They were created for tourist/commercial reasons, but capture interesting historic views of the Portsmouth and Seacoast area. If written on and mailed, they serve an additional layer of historical importance to family historians and genealogists. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Portsmouth and the Seacoast, NH. Description An account of the resource This collection of 400+ postcards, depicting buildings and scenes of Portsmouth and the Seacoast area, was donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by the family of Louis J. Mackles in May of 2015. It was given specifically by Ross A. Moldoff, Gloria F. Moldoff and Harold Moldoff, who felt the collection should be made available for study and enjoyment. The rehousing of the physical collection into archival albums was made possible by the Moldoffs as well. Mr. Mackles collected postcards throughout his life. This collection, only a small portion of a much larger number, left behind for family and friends to enjoy, is an interesting historic journey through the Seacoast. Some buildings depicted are long gone while multiple postcards of the same building show the progression of time. Postcards (aka "post cards") became popular at the turn of the 20th Century, after being introduced to the U.S. during the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893. Used primarily for sending short messages to friends and relatives, people collected them immediately as mementos of a trip or journey, historical events, holidays, etc. They were sold to tourists and often advertised local businesses. Individuals created real photograph postcards to send home to relatives when travelling abroad as well. Immigrants to the U.S. often had photos taken when they arrived at their destination to send home to their native countries. DELTIOLOGY is the hobby of collecting postcards according to Merriam-Webster, but more broadly it is considered the collection, study, and preservation of picture postcards for fun, recreation, relaxation, and enjoyment – and for the historical preservation of life in years past [As described by the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors http://www.aape.org/collectingpicturepostcardsver17jul.asp]. The Mackles collection was primarily published in the U.S. and Germany and contains many different types of postcards. The standard photo cards, printed and colored or tinted cards, several fold-out strips which became popular in the 1950’s, as well as miniature postcards. Major Louis J. Mackles, USAR (Born in Brownsville, Texas, October 4, 1923. Died at Pease Air Force Base, September 6, 1987) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Excerpted from obituary in the Portsmouth Herald, September 8, 1987: ‘…Maj. Mackles attended A&M and UNH, receiving a master’s degree with high honors in chemical engineering. He served in the Philippines during World War II, retiring as a major in the U.S. Army Reserves. He was the recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He retired after 30 years as head of the Radiation Control branch of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard working with Adm. Rickover. Maj. Mackles was a consultant for L.P.I. Engineering in Dover until April 1987. He was a member of Temple Israel, NARFE, Wentworth and Pease Golf Club, the National Association of Technical Supervisors and the Registered Maine State Board of Professional Engineers…’ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ His family kindly provided a copy of the eulogy given in his honor, transcribed as follows: Eulogy for Louis Mackles – Label ben Yudel U’Miriam – d. 9/6/87: 12 Elul We are gathered here today to mourn the passing of Louis Mackles, Label ben Yudel u Miriam, and to speak about his life. Lou, as everyone called him, was born October 4, 1923, the second of two sons, to Idel and Mary Mackles, in Brownsville, TX, and grew up in Galveston, TX. As a young man, he attended Texas A & M for two years. In 1942, when the U.S. entered WWII, he enlisted in the Army. After achieving the rank of Corporal, he was sent to Officers Candidates School in New England. In 1944, before being sent overseas, Lou and his fellow Jewish soldiers attended services at Temple Israel of Portsmouth. Then Rabbi Oscar Fleishaker had urged his congregant families to welcome the Jewish soldiers, and so it was that Lou met Charlotte, the girl he was to marry. Lou was commissioned a second Lt. and sent to the Philippines. During an enemy attack, Lou Mackles, despite being wounded himself, saved the life of a wounded comrade, and refused to leave his men. In addition to his wounds, he developed pneumonia from exposure and might have died, had friendly natives not taken him to an Army field hospital – a three-day journey on foot. Army doctors saved his life. Lou was awarded a Bronze Star for bravery under fire. He also gained a lifelong respect and love for the Army, and it was his wish, in the last days of his life, to be treated in a military hospital, this time at Pease Air Force Base. Following the war, Lou served in the Army Reserves, finally retiring with the rank of Major. After his discharge at the war’s end, Lou married Charlotte in Boston on Jan.1, 1946. He then attended the University of NH, attaining his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering, becoming a professional engineer licensed in both NH and Maine. Son Glenn was born during this period. Then followed a 3-year stint in Wash., DC, where Lou worked for the Bureau of Standards. Thereafter, the family settled permanently in Portsmouth, where daughter Linda was born. Lou took a job at the Navy Yard, where he spent approximately 35 years, working his way up to head of the Radiation Division, building nuclear submarines. Lou was part of the team that produced the Albacore, among other submarines, he served under the legendary Adm. Hyman Rickover. During his years at the yard, he was honored by being asked to present a gold plate to the sponsor of a nuclear sub – which Navy Yard personnel regarded as the highest honor attainable. But more importantly, Lou was well-respected and liked greatly by his colleagues at work, many of whom stayed in touch over the years. It is symbolic of how well-liked he was that old service buddies and friends from work would stay in touch. When Lou became ill, friends would often call the family to find out how he was doing. About 10 years ago, Lou retired from the Yard and worked as a consultant for a private engineering firm in Dover. What sort of man was Lou Mackles? Though I myself arrived in Portsmouth only during the last months of his life, I have the testimony of those who knew and loved him. His family and friends can testify that he was a quiet, soft-spoken man who never said an unkind word about anyone else. I can tell you that he loved children, and was happy to serve as Scoutmaster in a boy scout troop when his children were young. But is more of an eloquent tribute to his memory that, when the little boy who lived across the way from the Mackles was told of Lou’s death, he burst into tears. Lou worked hard, often putting in 18-hours days at the Yard, but he was devoted to his family as well. He was proud of his children’s accomplishments, and loved them unquestioningly. He was also especially close to his nieces and nephews, and was godfather to many of them. As for hobbies, Lou was especially good with his hands. He enjoyed gardening, photography, furniture finishing, and working around the house. He himself did much of the work on the home which he and Charlotte built on Moebus Drive. Golf was a great love, as well. But Lou’s sense of involvement went beyond job, family and hobbies. Having been raised in a traditional family, he retained a strong respect for Judaism, leading him to become an active member of Temple Israel. He served on the Religious Committee, volunteered as an usher on the High Holidays, and helped run the bingo program. Even when he became ill, he refused to take his medicine on Yom Kippur, preferring to fast completely. When, 6 years ago, Lou discovered he had cancer, he determined to fight it. Recalling his WWII bout with combat wounds and pneumonia, he said, “I was supposed to be a goner in the Philippines, but God gave me 40 more good years.” He fought with courage and determination that serve as an example to us all. Lou was a quiet man who never complained, who did not wish to be a burden on anyone. But he was a fighter to the end, a self-made man who loved life, who loved people, who made every minute count of the years he was given. His memory will be cherished by all who knew him. Our religion speaks of the resurrection of the righteous dead. It is one of the most fundamental beliefs of our faith, but one of the most difficult to comprehend. I myself believe that our resurrection depends, not only upon the grade of God, but on the memories we leave our friends and loved ones. Anyone who touched as many lives as did Lou Mackles will surely merit resurrection and eternal life. He will be deeply missed. __________________________________________________________________________________________ This collection was digitized by Jessica Ross with volunteer help by Wynn Welch, Spring/Summer 2016. Please see below for copyright information. Please contact the Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Room, if you have any questions. 603-766-1720. Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Put whatever you want in here. --title::Mackles Postcard Collection --text::This collection of 400+ postcards, depicting buildings and scenes of Portsmouth and the Seacoast area, was donated to the Portsmouth Public Library by the family of Louis J. Mackles in May of 2015 --images::975,1367 Postcard PPL Acc. # 2015.1-419 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Haven School Subject The topic of the resource Haven School, 50 S. School St., Portsmouth, NH Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource D.F. Borthwick, Portsmouth, NH Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis J. Mackles Collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Relation A related resource Additional portions of the Louis J. Mackles Collection may be housed at the Rye Historical Society, the New Castle Historical Society, the Portsmouth Navy Yard and with a single, private collector. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG derived from TFF Type The nature or genre of the resource Paper postcard Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Volume 3, Portsmouth School #3-4 Haven School history local history Mackles Collection Portsmouth postcard School St. https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/a2d6ae818d71926b92c0130b5705912e.jpg 8f7e462564bcb711139eee508d7cef41 https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/08532068b01fc8315b5b09134df89e2c.jpg 700ddf66f355dca345946bda2f07d0f8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Eastbound Limited" Scripts Subject The topic of the resource Portsmouth (N.H.) Radio scripts Radio plays New Hampshire Description An account of the resource “Eastbound Limited” was a scripted, weekly radio drama that aired on WHEB, a station owned by Granite State Broadcasting Corp. and operated out of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Each episode functioned as a show-within-a-show with the program guided by the conductor of the Eastbound Limited, a train that traversed the tracks of New England, heavily favoring New Hampshire. The conductor would introduce a stand-alone drama based on the location of the train. The radio show had a cast and crew that included Ted Day, Ernest C. Maby (1919-2004), Ida Gerry, Charles Day, Jacqueline Foster, and Virginia Tirrell. The scripts in this collection were originally owned by Theodore “Ted” Chipman Day, one of the original producers of “Eastbound Limited.” His son Mark C. Day gave them to Edward W. Maby, son of Ernest Maby, in 2008. Mr. Maby donated them to the library in November 2021. This collection is permanently housed in the Portsmouth Public Library Special Collections. The digital images are available here for research and public viewing. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1939 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PPL-MS: 2021.5 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Eastbound Limited" cast and crew, Kittery, Maine, August 26, 1939 Subject The topic of the resource Black-and-white photography Kittery (Me.) Group photographs Description An account of the resource Photograph of the crew of "Eastbound Limited," taken August 26, 1939. Text on back reads, "Staff for radio program, WHEB, Portsmouth, N.H., 'Eastbound Limited,' Aug. 26, ?39, 7:30 P.M. ? Right to left: Ernest Maby, properties man; Ida Gerry, script girl; Charles Day, actor; Jacqueline Foster, speaker; Virginia Tirrell, actress; (Ted Day, master of ceremonies, took picture.)" This photo was originally attached to page 8 of "Jewels of the Crystal Hills." Handwritten text on that script page reads, "Aug. 26, 1939 - cast Eastbound Limited - WHEB, Portsmouth. At Gray Lodge, Kittery, Maine - left to right - Ernest Maby (Properties - sound man) and Ida May Gerry (with script); guests Charlie Day (actor) and Jacqueline Foster (speaker); Virginia C. Tirrell, guest and writer of the skit, 'Jewels of the Crystal Hills." Photo by Day - camera: Eastman Hawkeye Instant and against sun." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Day, Theodore C. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Eastbound Limited Scripts Collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939-08-26 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="http://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPG Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource StillImage Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PPL-MS: 2021.5.001 https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/5cf6c6fe56caa236d9489bff13ef505b.pdf 04d3897499a832df990acba4b4a1ea1b PDF Text Text 1• --- --- AND MIGHTIER MUSIC .P._ QUARTER-HOUR RADIO DRAMATIC SKETCH BASED ON THE CURRENT SCENE) STATION ( ( M�-( TIME: 14 MIN. J M,) DATE: ___ ORCHESTRA:"BERCEUSE," FROM THE TEMPEST, UP 20 SECONDS AND FADE, SUSTAINING IN BACKGROUND ••• ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, the __________ presents "AND MIGHTIER MUSIC," a drama of today... a dream of tomorrow••• a devotion to the gre�test of all Forgotteb Causes: the reconciliation ot Man to his Brother ••• ORCHESTRA: UP"BERCEUSE," and fade ••• VOICE: And I heard a great voice out of the mist of the years, "4µch crieda "All men are brothers ••• My country is the world; my country­ men ar�·all m8:J]k1nd;". . ( FADE IN FIRE EFFECT) lf.,;1,: �a.tbh �t ·,'b.1g ple-qe •. : It.' s going to -fall ,,�r.� �r - th� -�loo�i ·. ·· .... :· · ;···"�� c; dna, end. s�n4.. •pa-r•:,, .:_. · .;. .�·\:, ·:·\1 · · x·'':.;,i ·: :�'\.· :; · �- ··.:_ . .:. �-,>-� -���t b�----'·l'1RE::T9lfGf$.)''. \: ·;�· , ,&'. worr, • I 1 _11 \�et. 1 t � f �t �oes th� ..tr1i�. r-�wJw t " ' . .....,, ,· A.�•� ':.ji •• ,f ..... . ,,. "f� • , • I • •• ·,• •,., �-.'•,• .•�:� •· ' • ,-. ---�• I , r ,• .· e ·� .,. , • . -� _;:� . ·, ·,,. . ' -.. ' I •• , ; •• ·,, ' I 'lt',, j _• f' I. JJ !• t . · .• t·.� .-.: lJ,n�·-�t ,terrib;e too�� �' a· . ... · �t·· 6t •�." 0-.n.�t you just._ r�1Jie: y6�'-re-ic,ok,�- in��.;,._ . � . -"' .. ....� -something --- .I ·mean ·tli� way t�e. w:o,rlcl was' bet<ire··1·t °c,<>Q1ect>o..tt ��:•.. ll . )�· . • • • ► . ., � � ! .' _) • 4 • . • • • ! f I ·. . .; . ,· · I J . ·· the f'lames and the seas o·t fire end all· that? • • . . :- . -;-.\:. .. "" � · 1 I JOE: You've been taking Prof'. Jones' Aet�nomy Course. too se�iously� , awea:µt�art • (laughing) Hey lean back here on my should el\, ,jou, � ' ' '. \ think about me for· a change f ,_ . �- . . ·\ BETTY (seriously): Joe, you_ don't think/ It's ail- going baq)t . .... -to�.that, do • •• , • ,,., �-,_ "'."-, c • , • ,·., . < /,,.,.,, •� � / •,_ . T , . . ·•.-. • ,••: .,. , ,• ••••••� • � �2. dy hating me.A he way things are in Europe and Asia --- everybo / every�Y else•.• JOE: t a/n't know, Betty. It doesn't seem like there's any brotherhood any mo:� •• • not any more ••• BE'l'1!£:., No brotherhood. • • - no love. • • Joe, 1 t 1 sn't all Sunday School stuff, is it? ••• this faith that everything will turn out all right. There's a chance yet, isn't there, Joe? (VOICE FADES OUT ••• ) ORCHESTRA: "THE BUILDER� uP 20 SECONDS AND FADE.•• SUSTAIN IN BACKGROUND ••• VOICE: Industry••• wheels••• oil••• coal ••• builders ot a world ot stone > v �> � 1 and steel••• Power to construct, power to drive, power to destroy ••• e,.,. ✓ ,� � l American destiny: coal, oil ••• coal, oil (VOICE FADES OUT ••• ) 11 ,/IN "AUDITORIUM EFFECT) KilfING �: All right, black boy. Let's call it a day. Get the rest o I than picka. NEGRO: Yassuh, boss. (coughs) Ah'll be.pow'fu1 glad t' git outta heah t'nite. Yaesuhl . MINING·BOS� What's the matter, black boy! Mini�' gettin' on your nerves? . f ·= . . w•r • •.a-in t mai.� . -wves• : D ey don., make ..: ·. __ __ : make ·no never-mind with mel But m� ·. · Z'a�it•t� ot _' s done de d1sappear nx.�_ act -�in Slld dat ain' no good. No auhl _ _ ..-=a=-:�: Oome on, black boy�, Yo(l·;··�:me both' s gettin' out when the � c��-�•down. (sniffs) (co�a>.. smi(Y �\ aJ,i f t':�tt·:. ... �- - '�: ., .. ' ' · _ '�l;t .. . t1•• . , . . .. . ..... .. . ' . -- do_n- min ' mah ea,1n' ; · be•, a min · ( . , . 7 (soughs) ,. �1I T SIREN) (IN DISTAN Got to get the rest of these SU., out before ft• B-sha 1n Fire :. Kid • sh� spreads. sprinkler can't do th' job. (coughs) �: Where's the C-lift? Why don't they come down? MINER·: They 're oomin • as fast as they can. I took charge when you left, you know, and I �st rung for 'em. long as nothin' else blows off, we'll get out all right. (MURMURS OF MEN) (coughs) NEGRO: Keep steady, black boy••• this ain' no time to' to knock yo' knees ••• (MURMURS) (THUD OF ELEVATOR) l (CLANK OF BOSS: All right, men. Get on there. You ain't got no time t' waste. Dominick ••• How much more room yuh go�? Come on, black boy. o. K., DOMINICK: She's-a-be overloaded al"adJ'i, boss. This-a-one's only for the emergency. (MURMURS) BOSS: Got on there, black boy. This is your trip. What's th' matter? Step on 1t r .1.-�--unv; No suh, boss• .r-""' '•11 git on. Ah ain't ridin'. B�in' -he� don I make .,.,. n� never-mind with met Mebbe ah gits out and mebbe ah don', but yo' all's gwine firsti (coughing) IUI BOSS: Get on there, yuh darn fooll Do you want all these guys t Dominick! Patl Pull that nigger in there and scram! (cough) .. 1 (STRUGGLE) (MURMURS) get trapped? (Eµ!NATOR STARTS) NEGRO: �t go o.,.',. me l P.h m stayin' heql YQ's a white iDan, boss! Yo' all'll -· git tl"apped heql 4ELEVAT�R WHIRS ••• VOICE FADES, PROTESTING) ••• . : ·, �-: · D,µan fool. nigger! Dort't he think of his wife an• kids? Th' crazy . .. ·' . be .. -idiot �cough) ••• They'll right back (coughs) ••• "Yo's a white man(cough), boseJ" ••• the crazy idiot ••• He ought to know--- (EFFECTt LOUD BOOK) (CRASH OF TIMBERS) II ORCHESTRA: Up The Builder", 10 sec. and fade•.. _ (EFFECT! STREET SCENE AND GENERAL TRAFFIC/'1./ . /, �NEWSBOY: Paper, misterf Thanks• delays action on MAN: That's all right, boy. Hm-m-m••· "war Congress mine" •••hm-mmine inspection b ill'wJaUj new explosion rocks Penney - -- "one believed trapped�•. (FADE STREET SCENE AND GENERAL TRAJ)J)IC) ORCHESTRA: Up nThe Builder�' 10 sec. and fade ••• (IN FIRE EFFECT AND FADE, SUSTAINING IN BACKGROUND) : And you think we can keep on believing, Joe? BETTY( ' ( ' .• • t', : • ' l' ! , JOE: We've got to help keep the bale.nee, Betty. Seems like people over and there have all gone kind of crazy. There's:'a lot of folks like you me, but there aren't enough yet. It's the hardest thing in the world, I guess, to stick on the side ot the fence you believe in •••when ••• BETTY: When everybody's pulling hard at you, hm? Gee, I rem ember what lhe old senator said in ••• something about "Mr. Smith Goes to Washingtonl" -- "The only causes worth fighting tor were the 'lost causes!" JOE: •Lost causes'' ••• Reckon they called freedom of the slaves a lost cause women voting and getting their place in their world •••. But this ••• war and all the talk aoo"-t. bY'Otherhood,. Betty: that's something bigger than anything people have called •iost causes u before; I mean there's races and classes and organized hate ••• (VOICE FADES OUT ••• ) (RAPID FADE, FIRE EFFECT••. ) ORCHESTRA: Up 11 FREULINGSRAUSCHEN 11 by Christian Sind1ng 10 seconds and fade••• ��AH OF BRAKES ••• DOOR OPENS••• ) (AUTOMOBILE SPEEDING••• scu.� t ' I '- ,. I I j� l . C t , , ' ' ' DRIVER: Yi-YI-Yi, Mama; are you seeing what I'm seeing? WIFE: You 're nearly th1•owlng me off the seat ••• what's the matter now? DRIVER: Look, he's there by the fence. !.ml I see ij1m. look, he's waving at you a 1 ready••• DRIVER: Hello I We're coming I • f N --GER14A11 -- -· (weakly) ( strong accent) : �Y ,., 1 eg••. Ach himmel J I do not ••· ·,. . '.·, .:.:( � · DRIVER: -- ■ Do not move. Here, I'll cut away the·��chute co?ds. ,yn� ''t ... • The vind : •• it blew me.•• this fence ••• oh-h-h-il, �;•. I. think 1 t iss GERMAN � �5. broken.· (groans) him already ? WIFE: Should I help you lift m in the car. He is hurt. hi t e g t mus We . yes . , Yes DRIVER: destro�e you. I am the enemy. ,_ tapo ges r You me, p hel GERJUJf: Nein, If you him on my shoulder. DRIVER: Help me, mama; I'm lifting heavy. WIFE: Take off his guns. They are too can valk h-h-h. • .Do not touch my leg. I Ohmet ing tak you are e ar N: GERMA on vun foot, I think• is a good friend and will make He •. • s n, dma Gol i Rabb to ng DRIVER: We are goi - your leg good a.gain. l die. Thank you. I can get in. vil u fra r •ou � ,,...d .. c�u .1 � Yo, o. vap + ges r GER.MAN: But you (1'0TOR STARTS ••• GEARS SHIFT ••• ) e your leg good again, my friend. DRIVER: Rabbi Goldman will mak an? GERMA.?n Ach himmell thy do you help a Germ To Rabbi Goidman all are brothers. .•• man ful der won a is n dma Gol bi Rab P-RIVER: all one father ?" What 1s tJ.t, ---�ring yesterday? "Have we not GERMAN: "Hav ve not all one raa.u.0 ...-'> Rabbi Gold-Uann says that? Isa that not 11 strange? WIFE: Rabbi Goldman does not think it Is being strange. He is calling it the law of life .•• (MOTOR UP ••• IN ORCHESTRA 11 FREULINGSRAUSCHEN 11 10 sec. & fade) VOICE (through filter): And out of the fires of selfish men I heard the voices of high, entrenched wrong, ... which urged to 11 justicen with blaspheming Prayer, and cried, "through murder we may make men freel u (ON AUDITORIUM Em'ECT ... ) 14AGISTRATB (Italian accent): Pietro Angelino, have you anything to say to this assembly before we pass sentence upon you? ANGELINO: Only that I am innocent of this acc�sation in the eyes of God. MAGISTRATE: This tribunal has found you guilty of undermining the bulwark the solidarity of your itate• You have deliberately urged from pulpit, ; �6. from public rostrWI that men disobe y th e · inflexible ·de·creee of the State, tha t men reje.c t their faith in our leader and succumb to what you call a higher·law, a "<i'ivine 11 law. Thie you did not learn in our primers • You were not taught to question the law of Fascieti mr to crave exemption from that indisputable authority. ANGELINO: By the cross of God, signor, can I be silent when all men of this nation cease to:follow their voice of conscience, when they will lust to murde r at the command of one man, when they sever with bayonet and sword the bonds of brotherhood? MAGISTRATE: Enough! You have heard the words of your leader, how he said "there is but one brotherhood, the fraternity of the Fasc1sti; one bond, . the bond of national unity!" Padre Pietro, this day I sentence you t.9 se rve the rest o_f your na t ural life in the work-camp. ANGELINO: Then to my cause I gladly give my life. If word reaches yo? from the concentl'ation carnp that ,·I have committed suicide , it will be I gop and trust that t he - obliteration of me and my brothers may I personlfy in ourselves the sown dragon·' s -teeth, which immediately replaced by double their number •. a lie. IN when cut down wea (OFF AUDITORIUM EFFECT ••. ) , .VOICE: Brok en, --- and diseased ---, the sore oppressed a�and at the gate of the'yeare and will cry, "These are my brother�," and a voice r!;3ply, ",,,,__ -1.uese are my sons, in whom I am well pleased." ORCHESTRA: Up "Berceuse 11 to Seconds and fade ••• � , (IN FIRE EFFECT ••• ) ,BETTY: The fire's going out, Joe. Better get some more wood. LQ];: Just let it glow like that for a while ••• with the dim light on your hair ••• there, isn't that more comfprtable? BETTY: (murmurs a:nilnllat1vely) ••• JU: That's how it'll all be, Betty ••• like the fire here. Stormy moods , hoi,ror, hatr e d ••• eome day, though, they'll pass away, Just as the �angers of the last war burned out to ashes -- cold ashes. I know that••• and then all thoae people can XD build futures again and be together Jike this ••• like you and me here. BETTY: That'e the only way for you and me to build our future••• I guess I it's like Parson Grimes was saying last Sunday: that the only way Ct.� things will ever get better is for pn increasing few to stick to their faith and ideals and set examples for others to follow. �: But it's the hardest road, with ignorance and social disapproval bucking the people who commit themselves to a better way ••• BETTY: But I'm with you, Joe, all the way. Don't ever forget that••• (FADE FIRE) ORCHESTRA: PRELUDE INC# MINOR, BY RACHMANINOD, UP 20 SEC. AND FADE ••• (IN AUDITORIUM EFFECT ••• CROWD EFFECT ••• ) (HUSH STEALS ovm CllOWD AS SPEAKER RISES TO ROSTRUM) VOICE(Deep, ministerial, but not patronizing): Friends, brothersl ••• Look toward the East. The sun is rising. Its shafts of gold are playing upon your faces. Centuries ago Rembrandj would have delighted in such lighting. My friends, this is a great day, a magnificent epach for the human race• For today at dawn there was signed in all your parliaments . a new Magna Charta, the league of peace and freedom for all the earthJ I CROWD) (ROAR OF AIRPLANES OVERHEAD) (CHEERS FROM That is our new Dawn Patrol, composed of ships from every nation under the sun •••· the Mongolian Empires, the New Europe, and the American Republics ••• all are bound this day in unity. DCXJll In your harbors ride free ships. Your navies have melted away. Economic barriers gone, your merdb.ants are dealing freely with one another. And if dlloke clouds our skies today, it will be the smoke of great industry devoted to the redemption and not the destruction of ma nkind. My friends, rejoice, for we, once the *inority in faith, have become �8 Our conscientious effort, in the face of every social obloquy and repression, has been achieved. We remember with prayer of forgiveness what mm has done to man in the �ark days when only a few saw the light. And now, with causes of war and (AlRPLANES ROAR OVER CONCOURSE AGAIN) destruction removed by the all-including devotion of - mankind to the cau se of good-will, we accept from the several parliaments a new torch of freedom, dedicated to the fulfillment of Tennyson's dream_, a Parliameat <:Jr the-World. • • (reads): "we, the several nations of the earth, do hereby set our hands • II (VOICE FADES) ORCHESTRA: Up 1'RELUDE INC, MINOR 20 sec. and fade ••• VOICEEthrough filter): "New Arts shall bloom of loftier mould, and mightier music thrill the skies; and eve ry life shall '.;..,;.;..,;.c._.{voice fades into distance) ( ORCHESTRA: In tDc II Berceuse", fade••·) BETTY: wok, it's out, Joe ••• the last ember.? (ORCHESTRA:"Berceuse," Up and out ••• ) ANMOUNCER: And so, ladies and gentlemen, we conclude the ---------- pre�entation of "And Mightier Music", a dramat>ic sketch based on the current world scene. Heard in tonight's prodpction were _______ (cast) •••• speaking; Good night! (ORCHESTRA: Up 11 Berceuse" to end•·•) ·, �ENGL+SH -� ---~ - NO. 2 PAPER ............ ·- ... --- . 1941 FEB. �O, ""' .. .. .,,. Titie: "And. Mi ghtier Musi·c" ., I ( , . ' ..., ' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Eastbound Limited" Scripts Subject The topic of the resource Portsmouth (N.H.) Radio scripts Radio plays New Hampshire Description An account of the resource “Eastbound Limited” was a scripted, weekly radio drama that aired on WHEB, a station owned by Granite State Broadcasting Corp. and operated out of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Each episode functioned as a show-within-a-show with the program guided by the conductor of the Eastbound Limited, a train that traversed the tracks of New England, heavily favoring New Hampshire. The conductor would introduce a stand-alone drama based on the location of the train. The radio show had a cast and crew that included Ted Day, Ernest C. Maby (1919-2004), Ida Gerry, Charles Day, Jacqueline Foster, and Virginia Tirrell. The scripts in this collection were originally owned by Theodore “Ted” Chipman Day, one of the original producers of “Eastbound Limited.” His son Mark C. Day gave them to Edward W. Maby, son of Ernest Maby, in 2008. Mr. Maby donated them to the library in November 2021. This collection is permanently housed in the Portsmouth Public Library Special Collections. The digital images are available here for research and public viewing. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1939 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PPL-MS: 2021.5 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource And Mightier Music script Subject The topic of the resource Radio plays Radio scripts Homework Description An account of the resource Complete script (pages 1-8) for the radio play "And Mightier Music," written by Theodore C. Day for an English class. Handwritten notes are found throughout the script. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Day, Theodore C. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Eastbound Limited Scripts Collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-02-20 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="http://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PPL-MS: 2021.5.023-031 https://www.portsmouthexhibits.org/files/original/226c136ead03f92461a745d96bdf64ca.pdf b087bd0c678a329c1fd279283d7421a8 PDF Text Text .. EASTBOUND LIMITED ----- -- =- ==- - t ( The Programme -0f the State _of _�faine Vacationis .sOUJ'D: P ssene;er train up 15 seconds and fade ••• •· .. --- -· --------- .-, ANNOUNCER: EASTBOUND t:H!ITED I THE ROAR OF DR!' S POUNDING UP THE IRO TRAIL .:. THRelUGH TOWERING CITIES AND GREEN HILL-COUN'!RY ••• ALONG THE CURVING BANKS OF t}REAT RIVERS • • • FAST; AIR-C NDITIC ED COACHES THUNDERING_ INTO THE VERY HEART OF THE STATE-OF-M:AINE VACATIONLAND! r/ITH YOUR CO EAS!!'BOUND.LIMITED, somm: . Passe ng er ·----- --- �COIDUCTOR: ----.-----------· ,. DUCTCIR, train· up 10 - seconds and fade • • • Good evening, everyone• This is of Eastbound Limited, greeting you from the Pine Tree State, the most ·exciting playground of the New. England Vacationland! "Th.ether you come -by· rail, by water, by airvmys or by highways, the gateways· of Haine vie lcome you ••• Pine of the pounding surf and fried clans and fish cakes ••e Maine of the two thousand lakes and five thousand rivers ••• Maine of colonial mansions and colorful old fishing wharves ••• From lofty Mount Katahdin to Portland Head Light ••• From Acadia Nationa Park to Sebago Lake and the .fui te Mountains: the friendly people of Maine invite you to come to t:1e Pine Tree State, "the JLand Vacations!!� And on this program we bring you in story, drama, and music scenes along the route of EASTBOUND LIMITED! ������;�: Legend of - �he §.ea, up 15 seconds and fade to baukground ••• ,. And/ nov, ladi>es and gentlemen 1 it's drama-time along the �����!O�: ----- - - - route- of Eastbound' imited. The house lig.h.ta dim as we take you to storm-·splinterE:1d crass of Mount Desert, fancifully styled "The Isle ...., of Enchantment, 11 fo� the:, dramatization of one of ;.[aine I s legends, "THE PMNTOM SHIP - OF ��C�ES�: Up Legend of the _eea, * M(l)UNT DESERT I 11 10 seconds and fad� • • • PJ.easant and-good-humoredo Pernernl,er th i.s is not a f'0r>.:J � �of Spout,� Hom two �1a,b•� b' . per1lou• 1,'08ka °'1ta1A• ' ' == · . , . . {;�� •• tor JIOlluak . • •�. . ·• � hlg = OIU CONDUC! ri V' .. th,lr 1 ... troa- nearby Bar Jl: . ! . . . r ·are � a1a·t cui-:1• •J't,l.1 ,SJ'l4: ctrtil. ·' .. ··· · · · · .,:. . • '! . . :a-· . , . '�:-� ..�.: • .. _/ . ' ' ·; �· · ' . ! - ··: i. slow'lr. ·tn /'°� _ the _ _ , �e brealtwat.,-. · '114 ! llt]-ag (SOOD DTE�•., 1.:;pping !Jf -�� .. .; , · ·et oar-locta) · '-� . ' • �T FIS�I ,•• t, &B S(?Oli .&8 we g�t i-14 o·•�·tJi• ��;1, thle toe • .. ... " -- :--i;- ------•·· . . . ·� •: · · hal. ta co•- rollin' 1n. Lucty- w.e 'ra almoa.t_ t' homef ; · SE�, -ND FI�•- x..p a-w�tchtn'. ��t. i1ne, -�� '!hey> •1n't bee� �bitin'• ' ).. ":' <"'\= -4:" ----- ; • ------- • ;.;) ,f • • •• • (soux.tu '111•t11iag · � - :of : .. �1 •• � > ... ... .. - --- --------=== ' ' . _1 • . - • / · . . . .. . ;, ¥" SECOND FISHERJWU _Goah amightyt Por a mite tour-PtMDAei- he •";,\oo�, ·. __ _ the string t_or a rid,r' He;,, JJatoh \heDl rook•• ·B¥en etJ'n. ..;::,.: � ,, , nigh be ont' home, • don't want t' hit th.. reeta, 'specially ,bl .a.. . ·_ . __ , : 01•• :. . ·{'.�· t · tog ••• li'IRST FIBHER1Q.Bs Hey, = --- SECORD ------ - John I . Look ~ I llo, hard a-Portl 2 FISJQ:R)fd: �ah, thought fer ,gorut ••• 8 minute I ... a 8h1P tb.ar, but llhe'• PIRS't. -FISHEmfANI There .1a a lhip out tbaB aomewberel don't \hey kno:w ' f 1'1ah the tog wou14 littY.a m1te ••• about them Net• SJCCOND PIBHERIU.K, .......,_...,.· ====== ·=· - ·· FIRST- FISHERJWl's -- (ahouta) Be7f 8b1p a-hoy out therer .. ( ORCHEST.Mt In l9;llplnnst9. creScfA49 ••• ) ,I � !bar •he 1al She'• .' a-head1n' ,right to- ust Beyl .LOok • . out,!• ( yell a). SJCOND FisHERJUJl: === -----·--- aee-uaf ,, Pick thell oars UP an• 1ay •--- doilr&,-Cl ...... �•y· ddn't (soumu .· .' ; . ·•. �-�.-i,;: . ..- . ltap�4 ply1ng_ot oar11 ••• •sumi:-ii,· SURJ'· · ,· � BI� .SIUP . .lffllOACDS�-. • ) < .'i . . t _ l'IJ:tST Fismm.MAIU Stawp• . ei-1 � yub are, John• Trot 1 1- 1n alo1r. now. � ,'.· ( SOUll)I Bpla.•h' Plopping of fish ••• > . . . --= =-;;--- :-::- • •. • • •• -ao goOd tor quite a spell••• R1-y&h�h-b-hl ''.-•� •�- gc>•a-t , �' . (soumu 5tra1n1ng or haul-yard• a.nd-creak1ng or timbers) . . . • t 1 8he •ert .a an ol tlyln aohoonerl at Look 'erl .PDt8'f �ISll'IUWU Look at BBCOND J'i·silmuu,Nt ae•a got 'er unAer band nowt She·':• a-awel"Yin• attr ••• === �::--' ; =· '. -� .apooa. . , ====== . great. . •horned ll. .. th·'... . . ' at look eiems - ... -- . '. : . 'er 11gbtsl Look at 'er 11gb.taf · · . ' .. l'IRStf PISHIRIIAN' m.ue light1I mue 11ghtal 9'rann1e•, lobn, \hat ah1P ain t · -----:: . ~ . real I . (ORCHBS!ftAS 9p M,1:t,atq ••• brassy) . . . . . . . - COIIDUCTa!tl · Aa the twa t1aherman watch 1n horror, the flying achoo� ·. ·- - plunge� lnto the tou ot t.h• breaker• on the shoreline. Th•-�B•,-aw1nga ui round. hard \0 starboard,. a• aepulchral blue names tare tMII her ••tb.ead• the bl.act rocks 'booa with \he surge ot the breakera, · and the. trill ahlp suddenly heada out lo t.he open aea and 1a loat 1n the shrouds of the 0014, white ftpOl'I • •. •!'he Phantom .Sh1P ot Mount De■ert I" - · {ORCHES'l'Rl' Up torte and c11mas. • •) CONDUcTOR=And·h.ere, la41ea and gentleman, 1• the legend ot thecP.bantom Ship, •• your 014 Trawl.er, to tell =====-·= OLD 1.'RA.WLlCIU Well� now, J recoNe_ct moat .tolka · don our way ued \o think · === Capt&ln• Ucld, the tamous · buooaDNr, ba4 a might of a lot to do rlt.b th' ., ' Phantom 8h1p o' Jlount Denn. 'ha 'n't ao ·many year• back that a pool' -· . t1,au-ra.n up •\ Some• SOund. 11114denly roae · t,' great weal�, an' l'Wlltr ... ·nosed 1 t round \bat he' 4 ■tumbled .onto a hidden pot o' gold down near ·Peffl&ld a Po1'nt on 11.ount Deaen Ialan4. An' there are plenty. o' more · -.. i tales _I could sPln ye about Capta n Kidd'·• treasure here,aboutaJ but thf.a- · .... one' a about - ' th; �tom 8h1P an' the· 'beasure the old. pirate neTei- got a chance to•� J#awayt Back 1n hi• priJDt Captain lt1dd uae t' ol>er'ate- out 1n the West Indies, ., where he'd 1:lide his craft 1n some narrow lagoon an'., aorter crouchin', ao t'·T' a�ak, 1-•4 •can the hor1aon tor a n'lce :rat. prise to grab. Well., .. - one fine morn1n', Juat about awu-1ae, a tine ahlp l'e&:re4 out ••' th t �-,- . - alat a mite ott shore, and Captain• Kleid yelled to h1s men ••• (tade TOice) . . . . . '. ' , ' . • . j !t . Cscm) t · �4 ' ( SC>tJBD ••• creaking of t1mbers an.4- straining of ropes) · IIDl)I AJ.1. right, •nl Pipe to your quarters nowt .An' giTe the bloo11in === · full•aalll '!won't be halt a tight w1• that lumberln' 4raM,erl She'• ·.8h1PP1n" o'er \h t gunnela •lib 'er own •lght, Sa go141 (JIEH KtJRUtJR '"AYE"} . . . -- (Oft. -- ' .. . . -· . ·. . ' ' CHISm.lt Sall1pg ••• breeslly with aocomP&DY'1ng 1hip�"ettect ••• tacW� ( SOtnm: 1'h1ne e>'! cannon ball •. • • ) ltIDDa By :the Jolly Roger, men. they wan/t a tlghtf ==== (BJJ ROAR) ,. = KIDD: All r1ght., mat.ea • • • For a meaa o' Span1� gold an' � 'em. double au.,._., •• •.11 -4• an'-.. make th' bloo�n'- landlubber• �lk t.h'llrnk !a tuer (UH SHOU\t) ( CANNOJIN BALL 'l'HinS AGAIN• • • JIUSIC UP SA.U,Il'G and fade• • • ) CLX> 'l'RAWLER I An• many hoUl's hadn '' t pa:ssed &tore CaPt.a1n Jt1d4 and his s:pq.. '="4f -,�---.. out-throats ba4 trarulterred to the deoka ot 'the J i corsair· enouga 4oubloona and. p1ecea-ol-e1ght, t • nerye tor a king• a. r�aoI!l -- an• nilde the T1ct1aa walk th•· plaM t • Join t.h•lr aoutt.194 merchan� 1n DaYey Jones•·• looker. ··- 1hat. !light Jt144 and aea-homet Pllt llaok lo. their aeoret, port ..._ .-. be14 a Joyful �•- w1\h goo4 tlagoaa ot Jamaica l'WI a-rwmin' do1hl the throat• ot eTerJ man••• (rade T toe) l ( CLINJCING or '!AMX.ARDS AND THROAT!: LA.UGH.'.mt •••SNJ.TOHES OF SilLOIS t DITTIBS ••• ) XIllD, All rlght,, men. You'n all got, 1our rlghttul share ot th' loot, •-·- === - - I -Vt• got mtl"le ••• &.."1 1 1 �- .. - So let's dr1nlt 'er r,�n4 once, e,.1n t•· the Jolly· Rogei-f (dl"Wlkanly) Yo I Hot Roi an' a bo_ttJ.e o' ripe Ja.ma1cal 111· , (laughs)· (11111 '.ROAR CH<IWI) Cg�yl .let..,. s b&Te anotller t• the faJr 1eui,; ��•\J.n�. spared mom,I we •� k1n 'ly he• :wa].t1n' tli' ·bloody plank w' tho• pretty teett .(IIEN LAUGH) �5 t wlll you do with me, Captain lt1d4? I had rat.her periah now =-a:=, - . � f.h&.1 wi tneaa t.J?.e plunder ot another vessel• • • OAPTAI1f 1tii>D• ·you., Bone•, you 're my moat truat.e4 11aitenant. Here, Oil 1 �. th• �l You. 11 load my aha.re o' treall\lN on th• (lffl �•••that.. •·· a ta1r &iP �• a light one toot 101!- won't baYe to wait tor a. tavor1n' ::a:===- --: -- . . . ... w1na. . ... '' ,I 1 1'ow here at Mount Doaer\ 1ou 11 t1n4 th• coa,t tilled full o 1 cane an• crann1ea, an 1t...,• s there�-,ou 11 bury the t.rea,aare 1n tom; f 1eoret Oafl• Wow my fair lady 1'111 ahlp With you. Slle'll be sa er on .,,, .. the ■ mx �, . t .. tor .I'• loot a r1gh t good fancy. to her. .Ind the t1rat .. lubber Who lays a han4 on her will pay -tor 1t "1th hia blooa1n' hea4t (m IDHER UlmERS'l'AllDI?DLY) ·BODSI =·· =• �t you know., air, about. a woman on ab.lp-board ••• lt a1n't luck, you . · · · knOW• CAPTAIN E?DD1 (roar•> Thia lady'• a-aa111n•· on t.lJ.e � � t.o Kount. -.. .. - • Deaert l'.■lan4, an• JIii ye say lay i • that, y• grovellin' landlubber■I .. (DR ASSER'f) --tell .. tale ot th1a VOJ�•f LADrl Captain, I swear I '11 curee your ah1p and not a man w111 live- -to BORl8a It s like I sa1d, Captain lt1dd. • • (m JIURIIUR NERVOUSLY) . �DI>� llol Yoa yeJ:low-llyeftd mu.t.lneeral You. Bent epen the b1g oukl there,-·· t: ==== · ·· an4 tank \heM coward.8 full o' Jamatoar Al 1 right, bo7a t To the .Jolly Rogep nowt Yo-ho-}lol (!lAL.F•BJWlDD.80JQ "m-BO-a,• and fade out ••• ) OLD TRAWLUh Well, == .:-;. - .. I; ._; • the .Sta.I. � set sail .at th' morning tide , •.. she we.a &· tast-t.:rottln' tlyin' schooner an• handled t•1ght easy, tor a ship. of . .. them days. Lieutenant Bonea and h1a men ltep.t their hands ott the taix-haired beauty and hardly a grumble waa heard about a woman be1n' on board. A apank1n' breeze kept the main-meete tilled. all the wa� up t.h • _ coast, an' one� \he trtm vessel waa coaatin' oyez- a llgb.t groundswell �- ly coast o' Mount Desert Is and,• • ) near the lone (Ir' StE E. WJTt\ s-e./, FF c-r -'s a rig. t bad fog bank over there. That BO.ms: Look yonder, mate. ---s ... nk • e should dr 0 p anchor and lay over till she passe MATE-f Aye, . si· r. I t"·i· --- --... by, I don't B(J:NES t But keep a good watch for Dn'IJffi&� o).1 ther ships. fancy forgettin' one precaution, i th .a wor_ n on board for bad·. hat luck ••• ( MUSIC UP - --s: ---- BO O Sec. and fade •• •) It's been a good twenty-four hours and she hasn't lifted yet. It . puts a gloom over all the crer, too ••• MATE: I've noticed that too, everything, you know, ------- BONES: You're ri .. .. sir. They aren't exactly satisfied with a,y there! t, It's the wind. It I think the :fog's thinn�n' out! ·on't be long now . .. What o! : What's that over theret TE: By the Jolly Roger, Lieutenant. Bones, a corvette! _____ BONE$: Hol Man the decks! -,_ -- - (RU._ ING FE T BONES: rle 're,6 in for a fight, AND MU URSO CREW ASSEMBLING) en. There Is a British warship standin' not . a- mile off our starboard.I Get ready to sail an' we'll try to run 'em ei-\'hc.< off! If they let loose on us, we'11 ,.sink or hang fro:n our own ya:ria_a.rs m l le have1l¼t a musket worth a. peseta a�ainst t� eir heavy cannon... -----.. --MATE..: == (SOUND: W lHTE • F CA !. NON BAIJ.,) That was right across our bowl ·: They either mnt us to cone about' them (JW JV want us to letAboard this ship, I guess. They're headin' fast! BONES: Yle' 11 hang sure if they ever reach us 1 Let's run for it I or If we can find a channel near the island we ma� lose them in the gatherin' dark! ( ,msic UP SAILL G 10 SEC. A1 D FADE, •• APPRO •FFECTS OF SHIP A_D SEA ,IAT:E \ �.(tJP LOUD SURJ' ...KC.T AND CREAKING OF 7 -rnmms) ,4out1�) Wat� the rockel' ·:There's a m1111on reefs through ... heret Once we get a.round the headland and 1 to those narrow W8.r'- ahennels, m Br1t1ah;sll.1p arloa·t will ever- d ... tte tollow us l a�• we're losing them tastl __,;_= We're losing th m faatl ( SOUND EFFECTS I Wh.1ne of o&.nnon ball.• • than ,, :- "� =• sP11riter1ng oraahl Sh.ou s of' men.1} . BONESt. Morganl ·, gg � •"'�··. {SURF.ON ROCKS ROARS LOUD) i·s::_:s:: ..�; ;_p;: ...... 'lian 'nu ' •. - . _· .rio\Ya . . . . . :· l °' �.' ,' Morgan.I 'lbe }iOckal .'.t'he rook& t . . :- ....,. " ••• ll Laugho me.niacally) tl:::.e -�e live to tell � �. .. ( SOUND 1'.."PTE01'St Gree. t, O:t-t:1.shf '!'hen silence, �xoept f'or break:111c1 of . aves, •• ) ( WSI-C ff to Sec• and fade •• • ) . ,,..','6- ,- • -··:- acliooner met- her end. And from the t1rat, mate or • .. ff • itil tb·e l3rit{isl1. -9Qmtt,R oomeo a ·tan"tastic report '. , . a· JEITISBal Ml.TE (Aceenth nwe a.s:;.1t a. b1 t ot a parting &10t ....__ ::-;;;:;f;: \ ' . • at . I �e -�- c·· ·/:,· ••IQ" ahip, . -. , _.1 harti.ly ex_ acting to hit hor 1n t.he unsteady ro ll ot ·t11.-s<_�u'ndo'tfell. a.it we hit her squarely at the pilot's s1t1cn. The hel�-: ,i,un . ' : ,.. :. r,•.. .. > down � the deok and out th.e haJlliard at.a.ye, thus br1ri.ging tb.e mainsail &wn. Unmanagable now the Pirate craft msde st1�ight 'tr;r. the olitta, rMNd skywe.rd on the hidden reef and was deposited with a s.1cken1ng thud up0n 41-1pP1ng ledges Of the Spouting Horn. We could h�ar the screams of a woman. 011.lling fo'J' God' a mercy upon those wUo riad so many times 1"ef ased rn roy to others. Then another grindillg era.ah and the whole mass of battered t1mbe:NI weaa auoked suddenly ben�at.li the raging seas and rteu_ght now -renua1ned. v1s1b1e to our corvette but a wild coastline and madcap break.ere.• t \ ' "' .. ,I J. t V' I I J ,I,. I I Hie Ma.Jesty's Ship. From l the log f �1 1r ell� sir, t1_ a·t' s the tale v e tell -- ·bn nights when the s the whitecaps into h0v1ls down Frenchman' 8 B y and whip the. beetlin 1 i so c l'ff I s • • An' r've heerd many a fisherman outin' Horn with 'ls hair turned white w I ·· -tellin' o' mm eein' the tipped '( standin' by · er t· ,.. • - an I the mas t er i I :r.ea..r1-n imse :..f' "I, I • rail. Then Jest as th' su1•f swallers her up, she I with gin' bnt' :1ount Dese1"t wi tc1 th' ,nisty forms a-plun - bright blue o er th terror · -�T �mt,her masthead Phantom Shi. . of her. ere tJ;� eads out to· sea, with the scrAamin' r, inarl sendin' her cries through the g!, fo . t ( USIC UP TO CLIMAX) ••• r CONDUCTOR: Th nk you, Old Trawler, for yo 1 1., fant2.;: tlc �to1J l ... Ladie-s and gentlemen,' ·.1ount Desert, the scene of the stopy of the , , ;- . • ;Phantom Ship, invites the Maine Vacationist to stop and visit its •"(� historic National Park':' its•--·= . A - - tiillbered peaks, dominated by the · great Mount Cadillac. Here iB�entertainment, hospitality, enjoyment ••. offered by the friendly people of Maine. Amateur theaters, balls, olf and tennis tg ' Im•s:m I■It in the ��srvac .tionland of Bar Harbor •o• Ships and sails under the shado tional Next w the of wooded hills ••• This is a nd deep-sea s-l iinpse fishing o:Jr Acadi . nlan d l a r k ., in the hear t of the Stat e- o ' - ;_fain e V catio • , the ~i'tt' t'r:-- t~~~ .,.,_a0n . e, nd ent J. es J and good I\ night l.,r SOU D! ---- society TRAIN EFFECT UP !E�����!�� 5 sec. and fade ••• You have been listening to Eastbound Limi yed, the program of the State of .12.ine Vacationist. Mai ne's gleaming beaches, lofty mountains and_myriad lakes invite you to :nake the Pine Tree State your Vacationland in 9411 -n a1n • e--- Land of Remembered Vac ations! :1ou�: : - - -------- .. -!.::__.z�: J;::i_, 2C':2 r ;y �., • I I' r . '. .... - ' ,. �(The Progr f ine Vac�tio ist) �---Passen. r tJ in up l[ sec nds _ d f ST I '0~ ,..,� ,.IL. • • ':'H! 0 ,·\LO'~G r.. -.--.-G _. . . . . . - - C OACH .. l , ..CA T . sourn.---P DF I ,. , ,......, p. l,11,_t G U.. J. ... G _:.; sseng r train S 0 O':' 1D e ••• ... , • e..:' rt . " HIL::.-cotn TI • • I -CO! ..uI1'IO - 1· ' S'fi·~ ... - OFILE -D, • ,I'Il YOUY 8 01:DU...,'!OR, _ _ _ __ ur 1r ec .nds nd fade ••• nd c. nd good h red. L� ember this i not a . co�mT •c70.".----{ Ple so...:. u.d t punch •••••• Good evening, eve yone. Thi i 1; tb und Limited, g eeting y u fr m the ....,ine ,conductor St'-- te,, the m • t exci tin plc:..yg und f t e -e 1 .c,n land V cation­ lnad. ·.niet'1.e:t you c e by rail,. by· ater, by , .. i:r:1 y or by hi--h ay-s, the g.: te ays of wa ·1 e "l lco e you•• •-" 1ne f th.:! p unding u f and f1iE;"?d cLuns and fi : es ••• ,,.aine f the t· t .,m- -nd lu.� es nd .. nsi n • nd .colorful old fi 1 thou nd - iv .:rs •• _".'a.ine f c l fi ing ' r s ••• Fro oft:'/ �cunt •.,.. t din to P rtl nd I.ight ••• rom 1�c.::..din ?"-.. t1cnal P r to Se a�eo I. e i-_nd the ··,hi te .. oun ins: t e . t t e Tine ':'ree, (;.ate• rien ly p, pl·- of aine i i te o this 1 g1 ve br· n6 •the ln.. d q !--=: emb 1 Vaca ti you in sto1y, d1 the route of � S rv,,.;.;-:). mu ic r.r I.i. ·n. ' d fade to b c ground . ' O ...cl ,..,:': . .... .::-- egend of tne Sea., p l� " cohds Cthe��mc •A . .-✓-- .nd nc,-,, l·dic.., and route pf ::u tb u d Li i ted. r t.mtl ;.C}l, it' d ama.-time long -he hcu e li · hte dim s Ne ta e you _to sto:rm-splinte1ed c gs f � unt Desert, f cifully atyl d nThe dr, ti z:.. t · Qn f one of "1t..ine' a . Jsle of •ch. t ent, ' f st1\:mge t/· C c ds, "T .. ::ilfo. .,,.,,, SHI!' o- _ ·ou T':' D. C"' 1 n." f d fade.•• 0... Clf "' ... r .}--T • Le g - nd f th Sea, 10 s c nds ' ' +. ' I , cs or Spouting Horn to fish­ CO.i:Ql. t ide 'the peri 1 u e an y B�r H-rbor ar� draggi11 t. eir in-:-• f r :pollook rfhe mi· ee1ily, •• d1ifts l . ly into 1<.J.rd the br u. at r and les tfe �ell sun ••• . / I � SOL1:D -:-'E .. C': ••• 1 pping of f o.1r-loc .s) I I I , FI .. S:!' J?IC'!�:.._; .. :- -I.---Jest as o on ''S e t i fog has t(tJ co e rollin' in. Luc s-·,co· '! r � a-bi tin' e nd squeak it rid o' th' grounds ell, 'realm ot t' home. ey ain't been .---1'·ee a- atchi' t et line, Cle • ..bar she goes. g ·� fo 1 ite a s1e 1 ••• i-y h-h-h-h. . ' -�� so ·en.--- iI ate r �FI� ST 7If!. :r ·" now. ,.., .--Sta p 'e • har yuh · ;e, ohn. (somr•. :.. __ Splac.h. co...m -F I s : ,.� r.--­ Gosh took the string f a Iide. eff'n we be nigh ont' ho e, in a fog ••• ]'IFS FISHE co_ but sh·' s FIF..S':' l -no· :f. -•-Uey, T r t 'im in slow, lo ping of fish •••.• ) ighty. o mite f u -pounder he sure Hey. Watch them cks, Clem. ::.ven •• A don't w nt t' hit the reefs, 'specially J"ohn. Look yonder. lf o, hard a-port. I.---Gosh, thought 1er a minute I s e ship thar, :rr eo:r '", ::A..'fi,. �-- There is a ship out thar some there; don't they uld lift a mite ••• them reefs? �ish the fog 'co.. • ---(sh ute) Hey, Ship -hoy ut there. ( 0:-' - ST • In sospirando, er c �ndo •• atmosphe ic mel nge ofter l. r • FI c,T :,If'! _ .--- h r she i-� Hey. ook ut.(yells) She's a headin' right to·;;ard us ,,..._; OlID FISr.,r·· I.--- Pick them t,.-:3.rs up an' lay 'em dmm, Clem••• They don't see us. ( co ID •• Rapid plying SU � A f o \ I s ••.• S BIG r·�rP A; .rtO CHI.:f- ••• ) . .Gl. 07' (SO, ID •• ct raining of halyards and cren.king of timbers) schooner. .--- ,...zco·7) J Y $.EE ... , off ••• By- th' g at 'er li -hts. FIFST �1 r 1 .--srip ain't real. I ook at 'er. Look at 'er. She's an ol' tlyin' He's got 'er unde l hand now. · She's a.-e,vervin' horned sp9on, Clem; look ,:, t 'er lights. Look lue 11 hts. lue li h t • (orm Gr ·nnies, John, that :i.g i t r: t o •• b r c sey ) 01 {JG OR.--- As the t·.vo fi sherma.n ,,, tch in h rror, the flying schooner plung1"1S into the f "n of the bre kers on the horeline. The helmsm n sdngs h r • und ha.rd t st .... rboard, as sepulch 1 blue flames fare from her .asthe' d. he blac 1 roe b · i th the surge of the breakers, and the tri shi suddenly he do. ut to the open 1i te eea nd is 11st in the hr u s of the cold, ors •• "'rhe Phantom Ship of ,.ount Desert •. " T ~ ••• ~P 01t e nd c limax ••• ) �..., COl i UC': ·t tell th nd here, 1 ·ies n .:,entleLe· , is y ur Old Tra'll •r, nd f the Ph tof.'! Ship.•. .--- · ell, n I rec llect • o t fol .s do'ln ou rw.y used ,LT: O to think C· tin idd, the f·mous buccaneer, ha ·m·ght of a lot to-do 1th th' h nt m Ship o' unt D·sert. 'T.1a'n't s m ny years back th ta poor fisherman up at Som-s Sound sudden�y rose t� great , alth, an' ru,or n s d it r und that h 'd st,unbled _onto a. hidden ot o' gold do\m ne r •ernnls's P�int n i unt Desert Island. An' there a e rlenty o' more tales I c und spin ye bout Cattain KiddB treasure hereab utts; but thi on 's b C ut th' Phantom Ship an' the treasure the old i ate never g t a ch nee to st w a·va.y. Back in. i pi, e Cat in Kidd uce t' <ut in the lest n an', sortIndies, ,there he'd hid/ hi cra.t't in nic� fat I • • , .i-t." 1 • i. i•t . ')fise; a fine s1ore, and c�ptain .idd yeEed· • c;;de voice) f- OltJD. -- c1e ... in f ti "'·be g and st ining rop-e·e OJ. ... IDD. ;;. - All ri ht, men. Pipe to your quarters novr. An'' give the bloomin' full-sail. ''r'rnn't be h lf a fi g ht ,-ve' that lumberin' drogger. She's ehippin' o'er th' gunnels ith 'er own weig _t in gold. ( .,l:J TU • R ", ..!,") O ,CUP.ST· .--- Sailing ••.• breezily �nth ace m 0 .--- ea effect ine of c-n on ball ••• KID.--- By the :!E 1 nying ship & olly oger, men, they want a fight. OAR KI .--- All ight, · tes •••. or a mess o' SpJ.nish gold n• eilve1; we'll run 'em don �n' ake th' bloomin' landlubbers ·ld th' plaltk in ouble :rile.· "'Kl SHOUT ••• SI . TP S. LI ·rG and fade O r- A'.v T -r::R.--- An• many hou· s h dn' t passed · fore Captain Kidd and his cut-throats ha transferred t the ec·*s of the corsair en ugh doubloons nd pieces-of-eight t• serve for a king's r som--n' ma"e the victims alk th' plank t' join their scuttled merchant­ h.t night Jidd nd his sea-h rnet man in Davey .Tones'e loc er. rut bac to their secret p rt and held joyful party, with good :!:" a ons of J !1 i ca r-um a-nmnin' do--m the thro, ts of every man••• fade r n:- rG or .\.1. TH 0A : Ll UG!L.!__ •• SiIA er.... 0 SAI O .s •· DI TT I ES Y.I ,D.--- All ri g ht, men. You've 11 .:;ot your rightful share of tH loot, an' I've got ine ••• So let' drin, •tr round once again t' �' the Jolly Roger. ( drun ,enly) Y • H • 3amaica •••• {Laughs) i.EN � O r KID , kin' ly .., bottle 01" r11e o ·�n' ,.,HC US ·ndly, An' 1 t' ha e "tn ther t' the fair 1 dy, ho ""re "O 1 "e :f 1· lkin' th' bl dy pl n ,. i' tho e pr tt:l feet t;Z}J L\UGH r·. i<f What Y-ill you now than witness the Y th e, C ptain Kidd? I hcd rather p r1sh lunder f' -n ther ,,easel •••• r !J_-KIDD.--- You, Bones, y u' e my mo t trusted lieuth,m:�nt. CAP';. 1:{ere, on t e chart. Y u' 11 loa.' my sh ·re o' tre,-sure on the Gray Gull •• thd.t 1 e a fir ship a.n' a light one too; y u rnn't h ve to wait fo1 favoiin' wind. row here at fount Desert ypu'll find th8 co st filled full o• caves n' er: nnies, and it's there you'll bumr the tre&.sure in so e. secret c ve. No· my f. i r 1 dy ill ship .:.ri th you. She'll be safer on the Gr y Gull, for Iv@ took right good ·f'.a;pe,y to her. nd the first lubber s lays a hand on her will pay f'o·r ti ,;'Ii th his bloomin' heaq.. ,, BO· ·s.--- But you kno'"• sir, about a -;7oman on ship-board •• it luck� you know. KIDD.--- {roars) in•t his lady's a-sailin' on the Gray Gull to �-ount Desert Island, an• ye my lay t' that y' grovellin' landlubbers. Le -�--- Captain; I s ea.r I' 11 cu se your ship and not a. D.U\11 · 11 ve to tell the tale of this 7oy, ge. BO_ s.--- It• s like I s id, Captain Kidd.•• N dll :U '-2 , lf ',.\.VOU LY 1 KIDD.--- Ho. you yello -livered mutinee s. Y u, Ben. Open· the big cask, there, and tank these co;vards full o' Jamaica, All right, boys, To the Jolly ... oger now. Yo - Ho� HofA 0 "YO* HO- HO" and fade out O _· N,# i:'R.--- \ ell, the Gray Gull set sail t th' morning tide. she 1, a a fast-trotting flyin' sch oner- an' handl d right easy, for a ship of t_ +em d9.ys. Lieutenant Bone a and his men kept their hand a off the f ir-he.4-red be-uty and hardly a g.rumble was heard about a oman bei.n' on bo ard. A spa.nkin' breeze ker,t the main-sheets filled all the w y up th' c t, n' one ay the trim ve"'sel was coastin' over a lig ,: gr undswell near the lonely c d.st o' ' unt Deeert Ieli-nd ••• ,., A '. TR f "'U ID ,._� - vT BO! s •••• Look yond�r, m te. That's a right ba fog b nk o er there. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Eastbound Limited" Scripts Subject The topic of the resource Portsmouth (N.H.) Radio scripts Radio plays New Hampshire Description An account of the resource “Eastbound Limited” was a scripted, weekly radio drama that aired on WHEB, a station owned by Granite State Broadcasting Corp. and operated out of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Each episode functioned as a show-within-a-show with the program guided by the conductor of the Eastbound Limited, a train that traversed the tracks of New England, heavily favoring New Hampshire. The conductor would introduce a stand-alone drama based on the location of the train. The radio show had a cast and crew that included Ted Day, Ernest C. Maby (1919-2004), Ida Gerry, Charles Day, Jacqueline Foster, and Virginia Tirrell. The scripts in this collection were originally owned by Theodore “Ted” Chipman Day, one of the original producers of “Eastbound Limited.” His son Mark C. Day gave them to Edward W. Maby, son of Ernest Maby, in 2008. Mr. Maby donated them to the library in November 2021. This collection is permanently housed in the Portsmouth Public Library Special Collections. The digital images are available here for research and public viewing. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1939 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PPL-MS: 2021.5 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Phantom Ship of Mount Desert script Subject The topic of the resource Radio plays Radio scripts Mount Desert Island (Me.) Description An account of the resource Complete script (pages 1-8) for the radio play, "The Phantom Ship of Mount Desert," written by Theodore C. Day for an English class. Handwritten notes are found throughout the script. Includes a slightly altered version of pages 1-5. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Day, Theodore C. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Eastbound Limited Scripts Collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-04-07 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource View our <a href="http://portsmouthexhibits.org/copyright-information" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Terms of Use and Copyright Information</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PPL-MS: 2021.5.040-052