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- Collection: Swampscott Through the Years: A pictorial history
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Young Yankee dory sailors and club officers
Date:
1937
Description:
Members of the Young Yankee Dory Sailors pose with officers of the Swampscott Yacht Club inside the club in this 1937 photograph. Appearing in the photo: Back row, L-R: 1. Ed Bergen, 2. Raymond…
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Swampscott honor roll
Date:
1921
Description:
Close up view of the Swampscott World War I honor roll memorial
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Sons of veterans parade float
Creator:
Ellis, Stuart P.
Date:
1935
Description:
Five men and one boy ride in the "Sons of veterans" float--a car decorated with vines--during a local parade. The men are identified as Arthur E. Widger, Frank E. Morrison, Samuel Brandt, Mr.…
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Swampscott American Legion drill team
Date:
1935
Description:
Members of the Swampscott American Legion drill team pose for a group portrait
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Swampscott American Legion auxiliary
Date:
1930
Description:
Members of the Swampscott American Legion auxiliary pose for a group portrait
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Swampscott VFW at World War I memorial
Date:
1929
Description:
Members of Swampscott's VFW post pose in uniform at the World War I memorial A wreath has been laid at the site
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American Legion parade participants
Date:
1926
Description:
Participants in the American Legion parade of 1926 pose in costume
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Swampscott American Legion show
Date:
1929
Description:
The cast of the 1929 Swampscott American Legion show pose in costume for a photo. Note some cast members dressed in drag. Front Row, L-R: 1. Unknown, 2. Winnie Doty, 3 & 4 unknown, 5. Louise Linden,…[More]
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Swampscott American Legion renovation
Date:
1922
Description:
A group of men who have gathered to renovate the Swampscott American Legion building, pose with their tools by the building
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World War I memorial with wreaths, Swampscott, Mass.
Date:
1921
Description:
Close up view of the Swampscott World War I memorial, a bronze plaque affixed to a large rock at the intersection of Burrill Street and Monument Avenue. The Chick and Ericson estates can be seen in…[More]
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Man and statue
Date:
1940?
Description:
A man wearing a medal on his suit poses for a picture behind a statue of a soldier. Flags fly on either side and, in the background, a crowd has gathered as if for a ceremony.
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Architectural drawing of proposed Soldiers' Memorial town hall : no.2
Date:
1928
Description:
Architectural drawing showing plans for a proposed town hall to be built as a memorial to Swampscott's soldiers
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Architectural drawing of proposed Soldiers' Memorial town hall : no. 1
Date:
1928
Description:
Architectural drawing showing plans for a proposed town hall to be built as a memorial to Swampscott's soldiers
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World War I cannon, Swampscott Cemetery, Swampscott, Mass.
Date:
1921?
Description:
Close-up view of a World War I era cannon located in the veterans' plot of the Swampscott Cemetery
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Revolutionary War Memorial, Swampscott, Mass.
Date:
1921?
Description:
Swampscott's Revolutionary War memorial, also known as the Ramsdell Memorial "... is a boulder and bronze plaque in memory of the first soldier to die at the Battle of Lexington. Abednego Ramsdell was…[More]
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World War I Veterans' Plot, Swampscott Cemetery
Date:
1921
Description:
Close-up view of the veterans' plot within the Swampscott Cemetery
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World War I Memorial, Swampscott, Mass.
Date:
1921
Description:
Close up view of the Swampscott World War I memorial, a bronze plaque affixed to a large rock at the inersection of Burrill Street and Monument Avenue. The Chick and Ericson estates can be seen in…[More]
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Grand Army of the Republic parading
Date:
1921?
Description:
Members of the Grand Army of the Republic participate in a local parade. Included in the photo are Peleg Gardner, John Merritt, and William S. Earp. Photo taken by Stuart P. Ellis.
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View of Swampscott, Massachusetts from Greenwood Avenue
Date:
1872
Description:
View of Swampscott from Greenwood Avenue looking Southeast toward Galloupe's Point
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Benjamin Martin and son with sailboat on Blaney Beach
Date:
1885?
Description:
Benjamin Martin and his son and an unidentified man pose with a lapstrake sailboat on Blaney beach.--from Images of America : Swampscott, Turino and Mathias, 1996
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