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• Gathering at King's Beach

  A group of men and women gather at King's Beach
• Ocean scene with homes

  Photograph of three homes along the ocean in Swampscott. Homes belong to Millett, Bunting and Knowlton families.
• Fisherman's Beach, Swampscott, Masssachusetts prior to 1896

  Blaney Beach, also known as Fisherman's Beach, was the center of the fishing industry in Swampscott. In 1896, the town built the Fish House to "replace the numerous individual fish houses." In 1897, the Report of the Park Commissioners stated that, "We have aimed at two things: a convenient and sanitary quarters and an architecturally attractive sturcture becoming of a high class pleasure resort." The fish house remains operational and is the only known municipal fish house still in use in the United States.--from Images of America : Swampscott, Turino and Mathias, 1996
• Lapstrake dory on beach

  Photo of a lapstrake dory on the beach in Swampscott. Included in the picture are Benjamin Martin and his son with an unidentified man.
• Porpoise at Blaney Beach

  Photo shows a large porpoise being taken ashore on the beach, with several onlookers.
• Boats in Swampscott Harbor

  Photo shows what appears to be a steamboat and a schooner in Swampscott Harbor.
• Crew of the schooner Jeannie P. Phillips

  Photo show the crew of the schooner Jeannie B. Phillips as the boat is landing ashore. There is a horse drawn cart beside the boat, and Lincoln House Point is in the background.
• Swampscott Harbor

  This photo, by Stuart P. Ellis, shows fishermen working off Fisherman's Beach in sail powered dories in 1895. In the distance you can see the Lincoln House Hotel.--Kenneth Turino in Images of America: Swampscott.
• Fisherman's Beach, Swampscott, Mass.

  Panoramic photo shows the beach with rowboats and dories lined up along on the shore. In the foreground is a horse and buggy and several figures appear on the beach. Lincoln House Point appears in the background.
• King's Beach

  Photo is taken from the water and shows the beach with fish houses and dories on the shore
• Lincoln House Point

  Photograph of Lincoln House Point, taken from Greenwood Avenue, showing the Lincoln House in the background and breaking surf in the foreground
• Fishermen on Blaney Beach 1910

  Photo of seven fishermen on Blaney Beach in Swampscott
• Fiftieth anniversary of Swampscott: Winnipesnett Club of Swampscott members riding on stage coach

  Members of the Winnipesnett Club of Swampscott ride on a stage coach in the town's 50th anniversary parade
• Fiftieth anniversary of Swampscott: Women's Club parade float (close-up)

  Side view of the Women's Club parade float "that featured a Colonial tableau on a horse-drawn cart."--from Images of America : Swampscott, Turino and Mathias, 1996
• Fiftieth anniversary of Swampscott: Women's Club parade float

  Side view of the Women's Club parade float "that featured a Colonial tableau on a horse-drawn cart."--from Images of America : Swampscott, Turino and Mathias, 1996
• Fiftieth anniversary of Swampscott: Women's Club parade float (close-up)

  Side view of the Women's Club parade float "that featured a Colonial tableau on a horse-drawn cart."--from Images of America : Swampscott, Turino and Mathias, 1996
• Fiftieth anniversary of Swampscott: Women's Club parade float

  Side view of the Women's Club parade float "that featured a Colonial tableau on a horse-drawn cart."--from Images of America : Swampscott, Turino and Mathias, 1996
• Fiftieth anniversary of Swampscott: garden scene

  Swampscott's 50th anniversary celebration "was met with much jubiliation on July 21, 1902. There was a sunrise firing of guns and ringing of bells, a parade at mid-day , and concerts and fireworks in the evening."--from Images of America : Swampscott, Turino and Mathias, 1996